, 1916-06-07
KILOGRAMS
ST. CROIX STATION.
Continued from 18th page.)

Tor q nPlU. we met auu 6HSdSou Tue 6HtlIo
German Battle Fleet, defeated their plan of
action and compelled them to return to port"
This expression from the Admiralty summar-
ICES the British attitude toward the great
engagement off the Danish coast ON Wednes-
day. Good ships and valuable sh ps were lost,
and about four thousand men died to uphold
the traditions of the British Navy and maintain
Britain's supremacy of the sea, but eve met
and defeated the entire German Battle Fleet
and compelled them 10 return to port. Only
Yesterday afternoon with the arrival of Adj
miral Jellicoe and his fighting machines at
their base, did the real &ccounts of the meet
ing of the 4itans of the sea become known.
Everywhere there is an uncertainty on z or 3
points. The German losses are not definite
ly know. The exact methods of joining the
action, the range, who took the initiative,
it's development in its early stages and
the relative effect of eunfre and torpedoes,
these questions cannot be decided until
the logs of the ships of the battle cruiser
squadron are compared and Vice Admiral
Beatty, who led the dash into the German
zone of fire, complies his report. The devel-
opments of yesterday however tended
greatly to elevate the spirit OF the country,
which unquestionably received q severe
shock with the early reports of the battle
and the apparent overwhelming success of
the Kaiser's feet. The first frank statement
by the Admiralty made known the impor-
tant British losses, only the destroyer"Shark"
was added to the list of destroyed vessels.
The dreadnought "Warspite," reported from
Berlin to have been sunk, is declared by The
Admiralty to have reached port only slightly
damaged by gun-fre. The dreadnought
marlborough, reported from Berlin to
have been torpedoed, reached port badly
1opoaro1 h1t in cuob condition that ahA
can be repaired and sent once more to her
place in the first line, of the naval defence.
The failure of the Admiralty on Friday todeny
the German assertion of the "Marlborough's"
destruction caused an uneasy feeling that
there must be some basis for it. This now
has been relieved, and on the other side of the
picture the German losses continue to grow.
In addition 10 the early reports of the loss of
the German battleship "Pommern" and the
cruisers "WiesbddeA" and "Frauenlob" it
now develops that Vice-Admiral Beatty wit
messed the destruction of o battle cruiser of
the D fiinger' class, and the Admiralty
makes known The circumstances which led it to
believe that a dreadnought of the" Kaise class
also was sunk, circumstances which seem to
put the vessel definitely among the casual
ties. To the five thus accounted for, is added
the light and new cruiser "Eblig", part of
whose crew has been rescued who declare that
their ship was scuttled by their Captain to
prevent her falling into the hands Of the
British. Far above the regret over the loss
of the valuable units of the Empires Navy,
however, is the widespread grief over the
loss of SO many of the Navy's best men. It
was one of the tragedies OF the battle,as it is
of every battle on the water IN these days,
when The men who go into action know the
end is either victory or death, that with the
exception of the complement of the 'War-
rior", which foundered after being struck
with a torpedo, virtually every man in the
crews of the lost ships went down with their
floating fortress. Vice-Admiral Horace Lam
bert A, Hood was lost with his flagship the
"Invincible'. Admiral Hood was one of the
Youngest and most brilliant officers OF Flag
rank in the service. Captain Prowse as we'll
as all his officers and men went down with
the "Queen Mary. Bulletins posted at the
Admiralty and at Portsmouth hold out little
hope to friends and relatives of the officers
and men aboard the other lost vessels, with
the exception of the warrior. Rumours
of another possible battle near the scene of
Wednesdays encounter agitated London last
night. These could not be traced further
than a mysterious message that a squadron
of German battle cruisers and dreadnoughts