GERMAN SURRENDERS

Grey River Argus, 14 May 1945, Page 5

GERMAN SURRENDERS

IN NORWAY And at Sea (Ree. 6.30) LONDON, May 12 Reuter’s correspondent says: O sl ° has been cleared. All German' troops left without clashes. Crown Prince Olaf arrived from Britain, crossing from Rosyth on. Friday aboard _ a British cruiser. The Press Association says: Eighteen Wehrmacht officers who were flown to Scotland disclosed to Allied officers the dispositions of German troops in lx Otway. They arrived at a mansion near Edinburgh in army cars and a bus with twenty' suitcases stuffed with maps, charts, and documents. They passed in through the entrance over which British, American, and Russian flags flew. British troops with fixed bayonets stood guard. The Germans carried themselves erect and stiff. They may have been humiliated, but there was no sign of humility. The typical attitude was that of the young Luftwaffe officer who looked 'around for assistance with a heavy suitcase. The guards did not offer help. Everything was carried out with the strict militray discipline befitting the meeting ot conquerors and conquered. An Oslo message stated: Another wealthy Quisling supporter, Dietrick Hildisch formerly of the Norwegian Consular Service, has given himself up. A cheque for fifteen thousand sterling from Vidkun Quisling was found in his home, and also letters showing that he had given military information to Germany over a period of 2(1 years. According to the Norwegian radio a grand welcome was given the first British troops to reach Kristiansund, on the west coast of Norway who arrived on Saturday, most of them very Scottish. Twenty German naval officers arrived in' three Junkers bombers at Rosvth yesterday for a conference aboard a British warship, at which they gave British naval authorities the exact disposition of German minefields and German fleet units in Norwegian waters. Between eight and twenty-five Eboats sailed from Rotterdam, under a British escort to Felixstowe. They were met half-way between Antwerp and the Thames by British vessels, Allied naval officers boarding the ships to ensure that there was no repetition of the scene at Scapa Flow where, in 1918, the Germans scuttled their surrendered fleet. The British escort is made up of nine motor torpedo-boats, one from each of the nine squadrons which engaged the German marauders in the English Channel throughout the war. The German Admiral Breuning is commanding the surrendering E-boats. Five more U-boats have given themselves up to the Royal Navy off the north Irish coast. Six others have reached British ports. Two more are due to enter the Londonderry naval base to-day. All the other U-boats at sea, with the exception of one possibly sunk, are now known to be on their way to Allied ports to surrender. The German naval authorities have informed the British Admiralty that the remainder of the U-boats— possibly up to 450 are surrendering in Germany oi in German-occupied harbours. . The Norwegian Trades Union Don gress and the Employers’ Federation have agreed to a year s strike to enable Norway to return to normal economic life. Strikes aie joi bidden. Wages are to be pledgee at the 1940 level, plus an increased cost of living allowance. All disputes will be referred to a special Arbitration Court. HIMMLER HANDED OVER (Rec. 9.30) LONDON, May 13 .An American broadcasting from Paris said it was reported that Himler was in the hands of British forces. The broadcaster said it was understood Himmler had been neld under house arrest by Grand Admiral Doenitz in the Flensburg area, and it was believed that Doenitz had turned him over to British forces in No & information on this report is yet forthcoming in Landon.