Admiral von Capelle, the Secretary for the Navy, told the
Reicha- tag on Tuesday that there had been an attempted mutiny in the German Navy. The Russian Revolution had, he said, turned the heads of some of the sailors, who had conceived the idea of paralysing the Fleet in order to force the conclusion of a peace. The Admiral declared that some of the Independent Socialist Deputies knew of the scheme and had promised their support. The would-be mutineers had, he said, been dealt with, and the Navy was Bound. ft is a strange story, which Dutch rumours elaborate. Before concluding that the mutiny was serious, one must remember that the Government wanted the Reichstag to reject the vote of censure moved by the Independent Socialists. To accuse them of pro- moting disaffection in the Navy was an obvious way of rallying the other parties to the support of the Administration. It is interesting to have an official admission that German revolutionary propaganda, like Hamburg trade gin, is a sham spirit manufactured solely for exportation to the Russians and other deluded foreigners.
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