BEFORE THE ARMISTICE
GERMAN NAVAL STAFF WANTED A BATTLE BUT CREWS REFUSED TO FIGHT ADMIRAL’S ADMISSION By Telegraph.*—-Press* AsSfi.*—Copyright Published in ‘'The Times.** LONDON', January 27. The Berlin correspondent of 4 ‘The Times” says that the German Naval Staff's attempt to spike the Armistice negotiations was disclosed by Admiral von Trotha in evidence before the Reichstag sub-committee that is inquiring into Germany's war collapse. He admitted that they had advanced to a stage in the negotiations when Germany had already undertaken to end the submarine war and preliminaries for the cessation of hostilities were being arranged. Meanwhile the Naval Staff was preparing to go behind the Government’s back and foroe a battle with the British Fleet. The project was abandoned when the crews refused to fight.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12357, 29 January 1926, Page 7
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126BEFORE THE ARMISTICE New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12357, 29 January 1926, Page 7
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