, 1914-11-04
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
Censored at Jamaica)

The Admiralty publishes the correspon-
depce regarding the resignation Of Admiral
Prince Louis of BatteDberg- as First Sea
Lord. He wrote as follows on Wednesday
81 have lately been driven to the painful
conclusion that at this ~junctule my birth
and parentage impair Ill some respects my
usefulness on the Admiralty. l feel it my
duty, as a loyal subject of His Majesty, to
resign my office of FIRST Sen Lord, hoping
thereby to facilitate the task of administra-
ton Of the great Service to which | lave
devoted my life, and to ease the burden laid
Oh Iii, }laicsty's Ministers.
Mr.. Churchill, for the Admiralty, replied
on Thursday as follows: This is no ordinary
war, but Il struggle between nations for life
or death. | caunot further oppose the wish
You have during lie last few weeks express
cd to be released from the responsibility
which YOU have borne thus far Uilh 50 much
honour and success. The anxielies aud
tolls which rest upon the naval odminiStra-
tion are in themselves enough to try a mans
spirit, and when to them nre added the inela-
dicable Il faculties Of which you speak. [
could not Mt this juDcturo in fairness ask
you to support tltm. IDe Iayy OF to-day,
and still more the navy OF tomorrow, bears
the imprint of your work and are the result
Of labours which we have had in common
and in which the Admiralty owes so much
to your aid. The first stop which secured
the timely concentration of the fleet was
taken by you. | must express publicly my
deep indebtedness to You aud the pain | teel
at the severance Of our three yenrs' official as
sCclatlOn. In all the circumstances, you are
right in your decision. The spirit i'll which
you have acted is tie Same in which Prince
Maurice has given hs life to our cause and
in which your gallant son is now serving
III the fleet. beg you to accept my pro
found respect and that OF our colleagues
on the Bourd,'
The "Daily News said YESTERDAY that
certain journals have been dispu ing the
Princes fitness for the Office Of Sea Lord, on
the ground that he was born in Austria, and
il be, rs n sensitive man and n brave aud
skilfWl officer, thought fit to offer himself
as a sacrifice TO this silly aud cow rdly cam
palgn, It must be presumed he persisted in
doing 50, as on no other hypothesis could
the acceptance by the Government of his
resignation be defended. The yellow press
in its exploitation of the most vulgar foars
aud passions, has scored u second victory
both ut he expense of the nation. The one
victory has dama@ed our repute among the
nations, besides exposing our countrymen
O"u u ltpI lSdl5 NulIG we OIHeIS mas
lost us ne valuable services Of an officer who
it will be difficult to replace.
The appointment Of Admiral Sir Freder-
lex Fisher, III succession TO Prince Louis IF
Bettenberg, as First Sea Lord, is officially
announced. The regrets at the Princes
retirement are universal, even with those
like the "Globe", ''Norniu9 Post" and "Dai-
ly Mail who regard the step as necessary.
A French official bulletin issued Yesterday
afternoon suites: "On our extreme left the
inundatious brought about by the Belgiaus
in the lower valley of the User compelled
the enemy who had passed the river to
withdraw, and they were subjected to a
violent cannonade by the Belgian and French
artillery during their retreat. The Germans
endeavoured yesterday to deliver a very
violent counter attack on the French and
British corps who were progressing north
east and east of Ypres, but at the end of the
day our troops Notwithstanding continued
their forward movement in the direction
assigned them, and had also taken DO session
of various points of support. The British
were assniIed at several points north Of
LaBos3ee by superior forces, bat have re-
sumed their offensive with TIE enemy and
reconquered to a considerable extent the
Terrain which had been yielded to tie enc
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