The Sentinel=record., 1914-11-28
CHURqHILL TALKS
 OF NAVAL LOSSES
FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY APPEARS BEFORE BRITISH
 HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Says Britain's Loss is Lighter Than Expected and That She Will Grow Stronger Every Day.

London. Nov 27-G:22 D. m.--Nin- stou Spencer Churchill in discussing the naval situation before the house of commons declined to discuss such topics as the naval engagement off Helgoland, the destruction of the cruisers Monmouth and Goodhope off the coast of Chile and the British naval expedition 10 Antwerp prior to the fall Of the Belgian fortress. claim ing such discussion would be profit less until he was able to reveal all the facts Instead, he went on to give a few details regarding the work the British navy was performing
 While the British admiralty est. mated that there would be a loss of per cent of the mercantile marine in uhe first three months of the war, the first lord of the admiralty said the percentage had been only l.9. The danger from mines was one the limit of which could he disceTned, and which could further be restricted and controlled The reason Great Britain was not able to produce results on a large scale with submarines. Mir. Churchill went on. was because they so seldom had been offered any op- portunity to attack The losses in submarines sustained by the British and the Germans had been equal while the British torpedo boat de stroyers had shown an enormous su- periorlty of gun power.
 We have lost none; Germany has lost eight or ten" the speaker said The economic pressure on Germany Mir Churchill said continued to de. velop in an healthy and satisfactory manner Hundreds of ships of over 3,oO0 tons burden entered and left the ports of tne united kingdom daily. while a deficiency in the commodities necessary for munitions of war, the speaker added was beginning to make itself felt in the enemys mili- tcry organization
 Of the older armored cruisers. the first lord said, Great Britain had lost six and Germany two. At the begin ming of the war Great Britain had 3G light modern cruisers to Germany's 25. Great Britain had lost two and Germany had lost or had interned a quarter Of her number with Great Britain since the commencement of the war. while Great Britain had add ed as many light cruisers as Germany had lost Mir, Churchill declared that the maximum endorsements which Germany could receive to the end of the year 1915. was three capital ships while the strength of the British flee in that period would he increased D l5 ships He added
 "We can afford to lose super dreadnought every month for twelve months without a single loss to the enemy and yet he in as good a pOsi tion of superiority as We were on the outbreak of lhe war"
 Mr Churchill said there had been some danger of the escape to the higl seas of fast liners equipped with guns for commerce destruction, but thal that danger up to the present had been successfully surmounted.
 Another peril was the danger from mines The enemy had adopted methods which before the outbreak of the war it was not thought would be pracuced by any civilized power and Mr. Churchill said he was glaa to tell the house that although Great Britain had suffered losses from mines the danger from them had been and still was being further re stricted and controlled by measures taken by the navy
 Submarines. the first lord of the ad- miralty asserted, had introduced en- tirely novel conditions in naval war fare The freedom of movement which formerly belonged to the stronger power was restricted in mar row waters by the development of submarines. It was necessary for tha safety of this country. he said, that the fleet should move with freedom and hardihood, though anxiety mus always be present Mir Churchill re' marked that the British power in suh- marines was much greater than that of the enemy. The only trouble was that the British vessels so seldom had a target tO attack