SERIOUS MUTINIES IN CREWS OF AUSTRIAN WARSHIPS
U FIGHT' WITH MEN OF GERMAN SUBMARINE FLOTILLA. a*'* -• . ; - fV.-;. - * —— |j . OUTBREAK RESULT OF TYRANNY AND BAD FOOD, flfc* Router, (Received 9.60 p.m.) ROME, Oct. 18. ' The Giornale d'ltalia states upon reliable authority that several extremely serious mutinies, accompanied by scenes of terror and bloodshed, have occurred upon several ships in the Austrian Navy, WM-. owing tc* food troubles and inhuman treatment by the officers. There /.-• was a sanguinary encounter at Pola between Austrian sailors and the f|l crews ot a German submarine flotilla,' owing to the tyranny of the $ ' latter. It was only subdued by the intervention of naval patrols. i f A number of German sailors were killed. Atfer t!iis the submarines lK- were ordered to another base. The disaffection in the Austrian navy is increasing in a threatening manner.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16673, 18 October 1917, Page 5
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