THE GERMAN NAVY.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14621, 28 January 1918, Page 5

THE GERMAN NAVY.

MUTINY OP MINESWEEPER CREWS

A DESERTER'S STORY.

(Router's Telegrams!)

(Received Jan. 27, 11.55 p.m.) Amsterdam, Jan. 27. A German naval lieutenant' who de-> serted at Kiel has arrived in Holland. He says that three "weeks ago the crewa of minesweeping trawlers which were badly handled in a fight1 with the British returned to Hamburg. They were ordered to resume duty within an hour. They mutinied and threw an- officei* Into the water and allowed him to drown. , "An armed motor, launch machinegunned the mutineers, killing 44, and wounding 73. The remainder were court-martialled and heavily sentenced..