STORY OF KIEL MUTINY.
TROUBLE NOT POLITICAL. GERMAN SAILORS' RATIONS. ALL TURNIPS AND NO FATS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z, BERLIN, Jan. 23. A blow to the contention of the Monarchists that the mutiny on German ships in Kiel Harbour in 1917 was due to political disaffection was delivered at yesterday's sitting of the Parliamentary committee which is inquiring into the causes of Germany's collapse. Herr I>ittmann, an Independent Socialist, gave evidence that he had discovered from official documents that the seamen mutinied, not in a political cause but because while they were eating turnips (the year 1917 was known throughout Germany as "turnip year") the officers lived in luxury. Moreover the officers appropriated the eggs, butter and fats which were meant for thb men. The stokers particularly complained that they could not do their heavy work without a ration of' fat. Recalling the fact that a court-martial had passed five death sentences, Herr Dittmann alleged that the trial was not fair.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19234, 25 January 1926, Page 9
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166STORY OF KIEL MUTINY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19234, 25 January 1926, Page 9
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