Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-16


the battle of Jutland Bank has been read
out the land, 1t is u thoroughly work
n,anlike document. and no careful student
OF 1t can fail to be convinced that it's au-
thor Is a man OF quite exceptional naval
ability. who sees things i'm their true pro-
portion. is cool and collected in his
thoughts. and la afraid Of nothing but eX-
aggeration. Admiral Jelicos has nothing
but praise for his officers and men. and
the reader recognizes that he onvey no
conventional compliments. but writes OF
them with profound sincerity. The only
omission from the dispatch is one that
Admiral Jelllcoe could not nave supplied.
There is no praise OF Admiral Jellicoe
himself. Yet We undertake to say that
his name will be joined with the greatest
sea strategists and fighters OF history. He
has won for Britain the most momentous
sea fight since Trafalgar. and he won it
by Il magnificent combination OF boldness
and cautious preparation. The risk ac-
cepted by Admiral Beatty I'm engaging a
superior force till the British main battle
fleet could arrive was Justified; and when
at Last the superiority Of numbers was on
our side it was found that every ship was
ut the top OF her fighting strength. every
engine working above its normal power,
and every man in the perfection of tech
nlcal skill and physical fitness brought
about by enthusiastic hard work and un-
eemitttng attention to detail. S~tratogists
Of the future will probably give II as their
Judgment that the manner In which Ad-
miral Jellicoe deployed his battle fleet In
the spaces Of the necessarily somewhat
confused hne of the ships already en-
gagged, I'm a haze and a tricky light, was
= masterpiece of skill. The battle of Jut
land Bank marks an epoch In the war. We
are safer at sea thar ever we were, and
orr cOnftnAnnQ I'm tho NOW, aud ito l0oN
ers il more deeply rooted AN a result OF
the great test.
III We have a regret to express. il is that
Admiral JellicOe's account OF the battle
should have been delayed SO long. OF
course, all the facts given In this dis
patch needed collation. and notification.
We do not suppose for u momen that such
a document as this could nave beer
placed before the country any sooner. But
we think that Admiral Jellicoe might have
been invited by the admiralty to convey
his general impression Of the battle in Z
brief dispatch to be published at once
Such a dispatch would nave made nc
attempt at a final judgment-that might
have been expressly disclaimed-but II
would have gathered up the bare facts
and informed the nation that a victor,
had been won. that the enemy had flee
to his ports. and that the British nav,
remained unchallenged in the North sea
SIcAIui1tAFy Ol0p0ICneS WIN no pT0ten0(
20 be complete were continually sent b,
admfrals In former days. A commando
In chief would lash off a o
what had been achieved. 30 far az h,
knew it at the moment, rather In tn,
manner In which he might write to hi
own family. The nation was treated. a
It were. as a family whose anxietie
ought to be removed at once. For such
dispatch as hat the brief and lnept an
aouncement from the admiralty was II,
substitute. Ii Ia inconceivable that Ad
miral Jellicos would have written in sucl
d way that the nation would conclude h,
had been beaten. As 1t was, the nav,
knew that it had won a very considerapl
victory. and the nation for many hour
was deploring What it believed to be
very considerable reverse! A painful sit
nation OF that sort ought not to recur. an,
a brief preliminary dispatch from tn
commander in chief would be the yer,
best preventive.
The strategy of the battle was AZ fol
lows: A'
The Grand feet was carrying on one q
It's periodical sweeps Of the North sea
when Admiral Beatty, who was scoutin
to the south with his battle cruisers, fei
IN with Admiral Hipper's five BATH
cruisers off the Little Fisher bank. AID
mlral Beatty at once interviewed betwee
the German battle cruisers and their has