The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-07
KITCHENER AND
STAFF LOST AS
CRUISER SINKS


in London and persisted that Lord
Kitchener was saved. Two or three OF
the morning papers MENTION the runor
as a curiosity of mob credulity and the
Daiiv Chronicles editorial contlins this
sentence:
I'VE fear that the tragic fact must
he accepted. though some may yet
cherish hopes of a belated rescue.
Members OF the stan.
The members of Lord Kitcheuer's stan.
who were lost with him.. were Hugh
James OBeirne. former counsellor Of
the British Embassy at Petrograd and
At one time Minister to Bulgaria Major
Oswald Arthur Gerald Fitzgerald. Lord
Eitchener's military secretary and for
mer military attarhc IN Egypt Brig
Gen. Arthur Ellorshaw and Sir Hay
Frederick donaldson. chief superintend-
cnt of the Royal Ordnance Factories at
Woolwlch for over twenty years and one
OF the greatest munitions experts IN the
United Kingdom. There were also a
umbe of other officers Of minor rank
on the Hampshire.
The Daiiy Express says that the body
of Major Fitzgerald has been washed
ashore.
Lord kitcheticr's mission TO Russia. a.
IL Indicated by the presence Of Sir Hay
Frederick Donaldson. had to do chiefly
with the supply " munitions for that
country. The trip was undertaken. ii
is understood. at the request Of the Rus
sian Government. The party was to 40
TO Archangel and thence to i'etrograd,
II is believed that The War Secretary
would visit the Russian front. Lord
Kitchener planned to return TO London
20 be present at the reopeuiug Of Parlia-
ment on June 90.
While because of the rough sea and
the speed Of the Hampshire 1t is con-
sidered improbable IN naval quarters
that a submarine sunk the vessel. there
Is considerable speculation among those
who believe thai the ship was torrcdoed
regarding the source " Che Information
which in that case the German Adj
miraity must have had that Lord kitch-
ener was aboard.
The "trip n secret.
No one IN London outside Of the
closest official circles. appcars TO have
known of the projected ttir II not on!N
the plan for tho Russian wet hut The
fact tha, Lord KitChencr Was to sail
on the Hampshire from II port wNieh
would give the vesSc' - course - IN"
ives, OF tho orkneys and even the ap-
proxima.e time the Hampshire would
he likely to reach e, given point on that
,ourSe we're known ~ tho Germans, II
4, argued ,hs, this indicates. most ef'-
r,en, work on the par of the German
secret service.
p.rh,ps because The feeling created
by the recent Dublin UPRISING has not
entirely worn away. the possibility that
the Sim F.in Society may have had
something to do with the conveying of
the ,nforrua,ion TO G.ruany enters into
the speculstions.
In this connection. it Is recalled that
one conjecture. wnirl, found expression
following the tc~p.doirc If tho channel
steamer SUSSEX by Il German submarine
was that IN, Germans believed that Lord
Kitchener wa abo1rI and that thc GER
man Government, ordered the sirk'ng OF
the messenger vessel for that reason. dis.
regarding even tho fier. which the sink
irY Of such a Vessel as the Sussex would
have On n. controversy between Ger
many and the United States.
Tn main base of the British high
seas fee. IS supposed "a he in the Dirk
ney Islands close to KirkwalI. For this
reason II is believed Lord Kitchener
with his stan went to the Orkney
Islands for the purno>s Of reviewing the
blttl. feet be'or. proceeding TO Russia
for a conference" with high officials con,
corning IN. conduct OF tho war. such
. conference would have been ~ spo,
cisl significance in view Of the genera
Russian offensive which j. now uude'
way along The so mile front from the
Pruth to kolki
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