Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1920 — GERMANY BARS OWN OFFICERS [ARTICLE]

GERMANY BARS OWN OFFICERS

Fortner Naval Men Are in DisgraceSeek Employment in United States. London, England.—Former German naval officers, even those who served on German warships in the battle of Jutland, are in disgrace in Germany, say some of them who have arrived here. The captain of a cruiser which fought in the Jutland battle and a German naval lieutenant came into the Thames the other day as officers of a Swedish cargo boat. Both said it was almost impossible for former naval officers to make a living in their own country. “We are considered to be in disgrace," said one. “The business community believes that the fleet betrayed the fatherland and < caused its ruin, and the result is that no German trader or ship owner will employ us. Many of us, therefore, have been forced to take service abroad and several have found employment in the American piercantile marine.”