New Britain herald., 1916-08-04
TILE OF JUTLAND EREATEST VICTORY
frmed England'S Supremacy, Says First Lord BalfOur

ndon, Aug. 4.-The First Lord ot
 Admiralty, A. J. Balfour, has
 q statement for publication, in
 fourse of which he says:
 he second anniversary of the I sh declaration of war provides a "a g opportunity for a brief survey
 he present naval situation. The 8equences, material and moral, of
 Jutland battle cannot be easily
 looked; an allied diplomatist as- "a d mo that he considered it the # ing point of the war.
 # he tide, which had long ceased to 8 our enemies, began from that #nent to flow strongly in our favor. # much, at least, is true: that every Mll which has passed since the Ger # fleet was driven, damaged, into # has seen new successes for the #es in one part or other of the field #bperations. It would be an error, Fever, to suppose that the naval &ory changed the situation; what 1t I was to confirm 1t.
 &B6&.ore the Jutland battle, as after, German fleet was imprisoned. 8 battle was an attempt to break bars and burst the conf1ning gates. Failed. and with its failure the Nh seas fleet sank again into impo- Sce. The Germans claim Jutland as Bictory, but In essence they admit contrary, since the object of a kal battle Is to obtain command of
 sea; and it Is certain that Ger ny has not obtained that command, ile Great Britain has not lost 1t. it's of this assertion are easy to ply. Has the grip of the British ckade relaxed since May 31? Has 1ot, on the contrary, frightened? The Germans themselves will ad- the increasing difficulty of import
 raw materials and foodstuffs and
 exporting their manufactures; ice the violence of their invectives inst Great Britain"
 Munitions Flow Increases.
 fr. Balfour argues that if they had themselves on the way to mari e equality the Germans would not ye so loudly advertised the Deutsch- q incident, the whole interest of lch, in German eyes, was to prove ir ability to elude the barrier sed by the British fleet between m and the outer world. AS further of of the impotence" of the Ger n fleet, MT. Balfour points to the flow of men and mu- | ons from England pouring across Channel to France.
  ls," he continues. Its effects on
 war may well be decisive. Yet CT has 1t been more secure from Gck by enemy battleships or isers than it has been since the man victory of Jutland." The first lord refers to German ex- tations to look at the map and see extent of German successes, and s: That depends on what maps
 take. Even the map of Europe WIS an, ever-shrinking battle line. look at the map of the world. All 5ermany's colonies are gone except t Africa, which even as I write ns slipping from her grasp. Has |
 battle of Jutland opened the l Hest prospect of Germany regain these colonies or giving mo- it's respite to the hardpressed col it's in German East Africa"
 Failure of Submarines.
 IT.. Balfour advises those requiring | her proofs of the value the Ger | IS attach to their victorious fleet judy the German policy If subma-
 warfare, and says: The advantage of submarine at. IS on commerce is that they can be controlled by superior fleet 1 CT in the same way as attacks by l sers; a disadvantage Is that they not be carried out on a large scale with the laws of war or requirements of humanity. They