THE SCAPA SINKINGS.
GERMANY DEFENDS VON REUTER. BERLIN, November 29. Germany has sent a memorandum to the Peace Conference blaming the Allies for the Scapa sinkings as the warships, contrary to the armistice, were not interned in a neutral but in a British port. Germany contends that Admiral von Reuter, cut off from communication with the homeland, was bound to assume that the armistice ended on June 21 and ordered the sinkings in accordance with seaman’s usage. Von Reuter was withdrawn from the German Government’s authority and the latter, therefore, was not responsible for his acts, but in order to prevent dispute delaying the Peace Treaty, having an effect which is urgently desired, Germany is prepared to have the affair submitted to the permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague.
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Southland Times, Issue 18745, 3 December 1919, Page 5
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