The Inter-Allied Naval Comnnission of Control under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Charlton, which left Portsmouth on January 15 in the battleship Malaya on a visit of inspection primarily to ensure the carrying out by Germany of the naval terms of the Peace Treaty, has now completed its inspection at Wilhelmshaven, where the members of the Commission spent four days. The. Germans stated that the eight battleships to be delivered to the Allies were ready. buy an inspection showed that they were in a deplorable condition, having been completely neglected -since the signing of the armistice. Ail the other warships to be given up will be ready by the end of February.
The Commission carried out a most thorough inspection of the German naval resources, including the torpedo-boat harbour, the float: ing docks, the artillery depot, the torpedo "depot, where some 2,000 torpedoes are awaiting destruction, and the various fortifications and uncompleted warships which are to be destroyed. The Commission will proceed in the Malaya to Brunsbiittel and thence to Kiel.
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