The Allies on Wednesday sent Germany a sharply worded Note
pointing out that the scuttling of the ships was an act o! gross bad faith in violation of the Armistice and, a deliberate breach in advance of the Peace terms accepted by Germany. Admiral von Reuter wonld be tried by Court-Martial and the Allies would exact reparation. The Allies protested also against the wilful burning of the French flags, captured in 1870 and preserved at the Berlin Arsenal, which were to be restored to France by the Peace Treaty. The Allies went on to say that Germany could not expect the terms to be modified in her favour, especially in regard to the occupation of the Rhineland or her admission to the League of Nations, if she encouraged or permitted the deliberate violation of her written engagements. The evacuation of the Rhineland after fifteen years is condi- tional, of course, on Germany's good behaviour.
