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Show GREAT HI, FLEET SURRENDERS TO . ALLIES ; Ifontlnued from page I.) ' mlralty orders, was allent and without demonstration. Tha Herman crews sullenly obeyed tha orders which had been given them " and today the U-boate lis moored under the British flag aear British submarine bass. . iuiing tha surrender America sea-planea sea-planea flew low overhead, while American Ameri-can submarine chasers carried British crewa to tha undersea boats. NOT A WORD SPOKEN. ' From the tlma the leading subma- ' Tine was sighted there waa not a word of communication with the Oermans. Only once they spoks to the British, complaining of tha speed and aaylng that the weaker onaa war unable to keep up. "Slower, my laat boats cannot keep up this speed.'' waa the wireless roes- . ssge from a commander, who did not alga tha name of bis boat to tha massage. mas-sage. TAKES ALL DAY. Tha scene that began about sunriae. when tha first submarine waa alghted. until late In tha evening, wheal tha laat . one waa rounded up, might hava easily been mistaken for fleet maneuvers. Tha work was carried out with such precision that there were few signs of the momentous significance of It an. Tha crewa of tha British ships lined the rails, but seemed little Interested. Evidence of strain and neap nhagrin "waa unmistakably written on tha faces of some enemy officers. The machinery machin-ery was generally In good shape, but lha vessels were extremely dirty and " aevoia or all uneasenttala, OUN CREWS READY. Tha British ships, with their crewa at quarters and every gun msnn-, took precautions that nothing untoward unto-ward occurred. Ona of the eighteen British destroyers In tha fleet took a position ahead of tha two German transports accompanying tha submarines. subma-rines. Other dee troy era steamed along on each aide when tha column started toward Harwich. Tha column was divided Into five divisions. di-visions. In addition to tha seaplanes, dirigibles kept company with tha fleet and an observation balloon, which was anchored to a cruiser, kept vlgiL Ten miles from Harwich tha fleet waa met hy mora British destroyers, which carried car-ried crews from British submarines. Thssa men wars divided Into parties of fourteen each and each waa transferred trans-ferred by American submarine chasers to ths U-boats, where a British officer offi-cer quickly took charge. Tha Oerman crews ware placed on a deatroyer and taken to tha two transports which had accompanied them. These vesssla ware escorted hv deetroysrs to lha randstrvous of the morning, where they were left to make their return trip to Oerman y alone. Artist to Portray"'. Surrender Scene TNDON. Nov. 11 The scene In Admiral air ravtd Beatty'a cabin 01 the Queen KHsaheth when tha-German delegatea arranged for tha surrender sur-render of tha German fleet la to be placed on canvas by Sir John Tavery wi o nvrai M-wtivaiT. rr Jinn mad a special vlait to the grand fleer at th request of tha British admiralty to make tha preliminary eketche for the painting. He was present In th admiral's cabin during tha confer-once. confer-once. Thra will be fifteen figures In the painting. Including Admiral Beatty. Vice Admiral 8tr Montague prawning. Rear Admiral Blr Reginald Tyrwhttr and tha five Oerman delegates. |