The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-28
ENGINE ROOM WON VICTORY,
SAYS ADMIRAL BEATTY

admiral Beatty's fleet than were at ~ st
reported. The statement is accepted as
absolutely truthful. Although the Ad-
miralty has sometimes been silent on
matters or great Importance. there has
never been an instance when IL did ,ssue
a statement that the facts were other
wise tlan as contained In the statement.
Consequently the German statement
created surprise and indignation when II
vas received here to-day. II is regarded
by naval Commentators however, ms an
attempt by the German Government TO
pallGte a severe and humiliating reverse
in the minds of the German people.
TIE Admiril;y's statement il sufii-
ciently checked up and corro1orated by
dispatches from Edinburgh saying that
all the British saips returned TO port
and cpnta!ulnc personal experiences OF
British sailors quite in accordance with
the ,ilicial report
/, H. leaned tina: after the battle
cruiser Lion had been damaged IN the
naval battle tn the North Sea Sunday
she yielded her place in the line to the
Princess Royal This fac;, t1ld to-day by
a steward ON one Of tine cruisers now NJ
Edinburgh. may account for the German
report that a British battle cruiser was
lost
According to th.s steward SIN German
destroycrs were sunk \ correspondent
at Edinburgh quotes tins statement. with
reserve. however
The coutending fleets We're never nearer
than eight miles to one another. and the
Germans as they Ned strewed mines In
the hope that some % the Jursuers would
strike them. German submarines toward
the end Of the chase repeatedly attempted
to attack but were kept 1T distance 10y
| the destruyers. which clrcled about the
fighting ships at high speed. The Princess
! Royal came out OF the engagement viz
tually unscathed.
The Edinburgh Scotsman prints an IN
! terv!ew with a German sailor from the
Bluecher. an American resident vino was
in Liverpool to be married when the war
/ began and was called home for service
/ as a naval reseryist.
( practically every British ship poured
| she'll into u.s." said tine sailor 1T %dS
| awful | had never seen such sunnerN
! and hope / never shall again. We could
not iGht such guns as the British ships
had, and soon We had no guns with which
! to fight anything our decks were swept
away and our guns were smashed anc
! lying about in all directions with theiI
crews wiped out
"One terrible she'll burst right IN tn,
heart Of the ship and killed scores OF oul
men. We all had floating equipment ant
needed it, one shell killed Ave men clos'
! to me. II was apparent that 1t would b'
| only a matter Of time when nothing Nv
ing would be left on the ship II she CON
tinued to float. When we knew that W
! were beaten and that the flag was no
to come down many Of MS were praying
that the ship would sink so no mor'
| would be killed We would rather trus
TO the English picking us up afterwar'
than to their missing us with those ter
ribe guns as long as We kept aiioat.
81 don't know what finished the Blue
cher. She was battered to pieces allow
decks and had many holes In her
heard she was struck by a torpedo an'
went down after that. If that is true W
nave To thank the ship that did Il 70
saving hundreds of lives"