9 a.m.
It is the beginning of the end ! Last night the High Seas Fleet were ordered to weigh at 8 a.m. this morning . A mutiny broke out in the _ König _ and quickly spread . By 9 a.m. half a dozen ships were flying the red flag , and to-day Wilhelmshafen is being administered by the Council of Soldiers and Sailors . There has been little disorder ; the men have been unanimous in declaring that they would not go to sea for a last useless massacre , a last oblation on the bloodstained altars of war . Can they be blamed ? Of what use would such sacrifice be ?