Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-05
Yorck Said to Have Met Dis
aster in Jade Bay-Koenigs-
berg Out of Action.
GLOOM OVER ENGLAND
HAS PARTIALLY LIFTED
Anxiety Felt Over Fate of Rear Ad-
miral Cradock Off Chile-Teu-
ton Trawler Destroyed.

LONDON, November 5.-The gloom
which has hung over England for the
past several days, due to the numerous
German successes on the sea, has been
partially Offset by the admiraltys an
nouncement that the German cruiser
Yorck struck a mine in Jade bay and
sunk few moments after and the
news that the German cruiser Koenigs-
berg has been put out of action in the
Indian ocean.
The British public is seeking. further
details of the action last Sunday off
the coast of Chile. but no continued eff
forts are being made to minimize this
disaster. Great anxiety is felt concern
ing Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Grad
ock, whose fate probably will not be
known until it has been definitely de-
termined what has become of his flag
ship. the cruiser Good Hope
Scott Rejoins Admiralty.
Sir Percy Scott. England's greatest
gunnery expert. and champion of the
use of submarines as against dread
noughts, has rejoined the admiralty
AS he has been known in the past as
supporter of Baron Fisher, it is ex-
pected that he will uphold the new
policies already inaugurated by the first
sea lord of the admiralty.
The Yorck, the German vessel which
was sunk, was an armored cruiser 4O5
feet long, and had complement OF 531
men. She was built In l3o4, ana us
placed $3.50 tons.
Jade bay, where the vessel was sunk,
is an inlet of the North sea on the
German coast west of the mouth OF the
River WeSer.
Was Protected Cruiser.
The koenigsberg is a protected cruls-
er, and was laid down in 1905. She Is
of 3,34s tons, is 354 feet long, and mas
a speed of 231s knots. Her main bat
terry consists of ten 4.1-inch guns
So far as is known, the sole successes
of the Koenigsberg during the war was
the sinking of the Ellerman liner City
of Winchester off Socotra, near the en-
trance to the Gulf of Alden, August s,
and the disabiement of the British
cruiser Pegasus IN ZANZIBAR nafoor
September 20.
The Pegasus at the time, according to
the official admiralty report. was caught
at disadvantage as she was under
of her crew were killed and eighty
wounded.
Loss Off Chile Not Confirmed.
The admiralty has issued a statement
in which it says it has received from
German sources details of a naval en-
gagement off the Chilean coast, in
which the British cruiser Monmouth
was sunk and the cruiser Good Hope
severely damaged The statement says
the admiralty has no confirmation of
the report.
The statement was issued through
the official press bureau in the name of
the secretary of the admiralty and
says:
"Rumors and reports have been re-
ceived at the admiralty from various
sources of naval battle having occur.
red off the Chilean coast.
The admiralty has no official con-
nrmation of this, and such accounts
as it has received rest admittedly on
German evidence.
Report of the Battle.
1T is reported that the Scharnhorst,
Cineisenau, Leipzig, Dresden and Nurn-
berg concentrated near Valparaiso and
that an engagement was fought with
portion of Rear Admiral Sir Christie
pher Cradock's squadron Sunday last.
The German report asserts that the
Monmouth was sunk and the Good
Hope very severely damaged. The
Glasgow and the armed auxiliary cruis-
er Otranto broke off the action and
escaped.
The admiralty cannot accept these
facts accurate at present, for the
battleship CauopuS, which was special
~ sent to strengthen Rear Admiral
cradock's squadron and which would
have given him decided superiority,
was not Iuentioned in them.
Further :, although five German ships
concentrated in Chilean waters, only