Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1919 — HUNS SCUTTLE MANY INTERNED BATTLE SHIPS [ARTICLE]

HUNS SCUTTLE MANY INTERNED BATTLE SHIPS

German officers and men on the scores of interned battleships' and battle cruisers at. Scapa Flow Saturday settled the question 'of what should be done with the surrendered German boats by scuttling and sinking all . but 18 destroyers, 3 light cruisers and 1 battleship, /which were beached by tugs when it was found what the crews were doing. The fleet represented a cost of 1350,000,000. Many of the boats can be ralred, no doubt, if desired. The sinking was done on the orders of the German commander of the fleet, the British having made the mistake of leaving the boats in the hands of small crews of Germans.