BERLIN RIOTS..

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16407, 30 December 1918, Page 7

BERLIN RIOTS..

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THE ARMISTICE. ADMIRAL'S VISIT TO KIEL FORTS. WARSHIPS IN DISORDER. (Australian and N.fc. Cfcble Association.) (Received December 29th, 5.5 p.m..) LONDON, December 27. The British Admiral, Sir Montague Browning, visitod the Kiel ports to supervise tho carrying out of the armistice terms. During the conference he met Captain Muller, of Emden famo, but did not discover his identity until after the final conference. Admiral Browning met with interminable delays, but finally succeeded in, compelling tho Germans to, do as he wished. The German warships were found to be in a disordered state, and the crews undisciplined. THE TWO NAVIES' HEARTY CO-OPERATION. NEW YORK. December 27. Admiral Redman, interviewed, said that the co-oporation between the United States squadron and the British Fleet was of the heartiest and closest description. Sir David Beatty was a wonderful man, nnd of great ability. British admirals sometimes bontrolled the American Squadron, and at other times ho (Admiral Redman) oontrolled British units. There was no friction throughout all the operations. Frequent attempts wero made to induce the German fleet to come out, but ahvays fruitlessly. Occasionally weak forces wero sent to the German coast, nnd other devices adopted to lure the enemy forth, but >e never showed outside his mine-fields. A favourite lure was to despatch valuable convoys apparently unprotected.

AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEAL ANDERS IN TURKEY. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (United Servicc.) (Received December 29th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 23. The Seventh Australian Light Horse and the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, the latter comprising •25 officers and 4G4 men, have arrived at Chanak from Egypt as the Australian section of the British, division of occupation of the Dardanelles. SPAIN HANDS OVER INTERNED SHIPS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received December 29th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 27. Spain has decided to. hand over interned ships for Allied use in revictualling Allied countries. "THE GERMANS MUST PAY." (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received December 29th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. December 28. The "Daily Chronicle's" Paris correspondent interviewed President Poincare, who declared that "tho Germans must pay not only in money but in kind, otherwise they are able to injure us with our machinery while wo are producing new machinery.'' ALLIED NAVAL COMMISSION'S ■ WORK. (Australian and N.&. Cable Association.) (Router's Telegrams.) LONDON, Dccombor 27. The Press Bureau has issued an account of tho Allied Naval Commission's work in Gorman waters, which shows that tho Commissioners found all tho German warships in a filthy condition, and disciplino at such a low ebb that it was found necessary to warn the sailors. In the course of frequent journeyings inland the Commissioner*? came to the conclusion that- tho representations that the people urgently need food and clothes were nothing like as justifiable as tho authoritk« wore seeking to impress on the Allies. The agricultural conditions wero obviously most favourable. '

FRENCH TROOPS OCCUPY MANNHEIM. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received December 30th, 1.35 a.m.) LONDON, December 28. French troops have occupied Mannheim, owing to the murder of several Allied pri6oners interned thero.

PRESIDENT WILSON IN LONDON.