New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21

i the British Navy III AoiN!' II
l for nothing that at forty-four he
.vo such sea fights as that Of
g,Teolsnd and now this action well
H '. ,be North Sea. His title Of Ad-
his X C.. b, the many positions
n ..-eJe7ec he has held in the Navy
-, the Admiralty; all these have
won BY the Man. lie is per
80 As we'll as a parsonage. said
-.,bi,e about This man not very
h-after HeljgOlsnd. Perhaps :
row write more frankly.
,.,yi,ab'y Sir David Beatty has be
-, after .h.s second victory, popu-
y. hero. The English have always
'..r7e5 ,he., great naval captains. and
I'll so Before our Admiral Mahsn
..,gb, them the full meaning OF the
- Sca.Povcr. they knew instinct
'-Ic .ha. theirs was FIRST Kingdom
.s.ts Sea: and chen by sea power. and
-. ,owcr only. became Sea-Emp're
-,e great sea names ring down the
.,,,grles. Drake, Blake, ST. Vincent
,,dnany more. and then Nelson, great
80 han 81, others and best loved; in
N the s-rardid story OF the sea the
-,,t res7,c-aar, Nahau's Life OF him
e., book would put into every Amer
-, bows hand. The column on which
n, statue po.ses in Trafalgar Square
4 to-day the central point Of the Brit
. iAEmPirc.
Mn, island lows r,r wei iheu famous man.
ne gea,r, ,4i-. size, oar world bSsan
He lef, his greatness as a legacy to
SIC country. and lasting inspiration.
Therefore It is that greatness did not
die with him, but survives. and to-day
-. thunder OF the guns in the North
s -. = by+ an echo Of those which at
Trafalcar broke forever the power OF
vsnoIrCn and his dream Of world do
minion. -l.,-,
u he used carelesSly, but u clearly
bslongs 10 the two actions in the North
go wti.t have made Sir David Beat
~ name 1t present the most famous
n the world OF living Animals. II is
"a. for want OF TIvais. SIR DoVetoh
Sturdee won arr undyiLg fame at the
V,ltIard Islands. Sir John Jclllcoe, as
comnarder Of the whole British Fieet
IN the North Sea. has proved himSelf
A great strategist; man 20 Mhpm INC
mn significance of Mahsn's Sea POWER
/, known: who has done silently ana
by sheer force Of sea-crait ana DI"!H
pover: By a great conception put ID
brsctice with almost greater patience
and fortitude. and without much as
The chance Of bringing his feet 70 the
test Of battle, who has done, J. say
IN that manner and under condluons
wholly new, a service VIA! 10 NHe sH-
premacy Of England in the creates
var She has ever fought ne reward
q such service, and the iull measure
q its success, are 10 come later.
But the figure OF 9 popular 1901 IS
ayer seen by the outer woIld IN Us
me proportloas except amid the smoke.
a battle. Sir David beatty " only Sir
losr Jellicoe's Lieutenant s. was Mel
IN al Copenha-an subordinate 70 Sir
HIDE Parker. ! apologize TO Acmira.
LDicoa for seeming 10 draw comparl-
son between him and Parker J. IS to-
slv unjust TO hint is the nus
tratou Of official seniority which / am
irving 20 bring out. Nelson won me
battle Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
most difficult Of all his victories
,esirst the wish and finally against the
orders of Parker. Sir David Beatty
fought two fights in the North Sea
BIZ the orders and 10 pursuance OF the
plans and sea purpose Of SIR John Jc!h-
eoe He was the executive; the rlgh'
hand Of bis commanding AdpHTal.
But once Sir David's fleet OF battle
cruisers was let loose, IL became ms
hattie. lie fought 1t in his own way.
The handling Of his SQUADRON the tao
ties, the s,amauSh!U, the service OF 'he
runs, TIE quick decision TO attacA' the
Quick decision 10 break OF IN the mo
ment Of victory lest victory become
disaster all these were Admiral
Beatty. and his alone. Hls glfts 1oI
comma and the character when puts
those i gifts 10 the best use these
he shares with nobody.
Not easy is it for ianusman 70
talize the suddenness of it all.
t,ubt whether Il so much as occurred
% Sir David that the Germans would
run away. The German AdmiTal-who-
ever he was. for the Germans do not
care TO publ h his name to the world
did not know and could not have known
Of what strength the British squadron
vas comyo.e.. I do not wish TO press
the case AGAINST him. The German
commanders have as a rule shown
themseves DO this war men OF cour-
age ard resource. But this Admiral
Gees without knowing from what he
fees There is no risk in saying that
British Admiral would have waited al
least till he found out. Admiral Ora
dock waited. and fought after he mad
found out what he knew must be lost
battle. Adm raj Count Won spec, AT
Falkland Islands, though he withdrew
IN presence Of what he saw 10 be over
whelming force. fought CALAMITY to the
end and went down with his ship and
her eonsorts.
But this German Admiral IN the
North Sea had not come out TO ight.
lie had come out 10 repeat the intamy
Of Scarborough and Whitby; TO can
honade defCnCeless towns; 10 XII
civilians, including women and chill
eren. He was bound, probably, for
Newcastle OF its ncighborhOod. Let u
90 him the honor to suppose that %
him as a sea officer il was hateiul
hsk. Let Us suppose that such an act
o. calculated CowardIce had shaken ms
nerve, and that when he found he could
Tot murder an innocent and unresist-
nc population with impunity mis- nerve
inled him. US dismiss him with
Asi. These were the same ships, or
sbme OF them were, that had perpe-
rated the slaughter Of innocent non
ssomba,snts al Scarborough and the
htrtlepools, pre- umably under the same
Commander
That unspeSkable outrage Admiral
Beatty has avenged. The Blucher.lies
a. = the bottom Of the sea. The Deri-