GERMAN NAVAL PLOT DISCLOSED.
WOULD HAVE SPIKED ARMISTICE IF COULD, ADMIRAL DECLARES.
By Telegraph—Press Ansc.—Copyright. ■•Times’* Service. (Received January 28, 11.30 a.ra.) LONDON, January 27. The Berlin correspondent of “The Times” reports that a German naval staff attempt to spike the Armistice negotiations, was discussed by Admiral von Trotha, when giving evidence before the Reichstag subcommittee, which is inquiring into the causes of Germany’s war collapse. He admitted that at an advanced stage of the negotiations when Germany had already undertaken to end the submarine war. and preliminaries to the cessation of hostilities had been arranged, the German naval staff was preparing to go behind the Government’s back and force a battle with the British Fleet. The proiect was abandoned when the crews refused to fight.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17756, 28 January 1926, Page 1
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