The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-20
THE HAWAIIAN GAZETTE
RoDn0 Ms EDITOR TUESDAY MORNING ADVERTISERS aaWY
The ADVERTISERS StMl.wEEkLY
The North Sea Battle

THE general opinion throughout the United
L States appears to be that in the great NORTH
Sea naval battle the German feet won a stratc
gical victory over their British opponents irrespec
tive of the actual lossin men and ships This view
- the battle is .taken+b y- rLis,it (son,st p, J
Eetiy. q. s y. Retired, Washington naval ad
visor and correspondent Of the New York Herald
ard one OF the foremost naval authorities in the
world .N.
The (icrmaIS first advanced their light cruisers
to draw ON the British battle cruiser squadron
and the latter endeavored TO get to southwark 81
their opponents This maneurer was stopped by
the appearance ct the main German feet. The
tattle was thus fought over a crescent shaped
course. first tW enty-seven steam'ng miles south
westerly and then forty-hve miles in north
westerly direction. Only slow speeds were in.
tIulged IN. Averaging not over ten miles hour
Kelly says:
The entir" ground which the battle fought
was on s"undings in depths of waters varying from
tweny,two twenty .seVen fathoms In these depths
vessels could have anchored readily. and ships sunk
IN these waters in a fair way 10 be rcaHbed by
divers ia the future. a d. .. FffH,
. Phe con> lotion is forced on military obscryrs that
the Germans deliberately advanced their light Cruisers
and battle ORA the British battle cruiser
seuadrcn and that the main German High Sea Fleet
wns brought MP "srru within easy supporting distone"
* 10 he ready to spring into the adgagcme
the British cruiser squadron bad been ured the at
tack The fact that the general weather conditions
prevailing from hazy to light fog all favored this
npuvrc Added to this. IL must not he overlooked
THAT had line of retreat open for their
n battle cruisers and this line the mnin High
See Fleet Of the Kaiser. O.. -.
The British battle cruiser squadron commander
"a dave concerned at the outset in endenvor
4 ing to get q the southwark Of the GeraRn battle
j. cruisers He rngaged the leading German Shins in
atitudc 80 deg. min. north, longitude deg. % min
east This position is GftySx miles due vest Of q
point the Danish coast plotted FIVE miles north Of
Ringk obing lighthouse. II was after getting in touch
kW Wits the Germans at this point that the British
deavorPd to make dctnur to the southwRrdNnd west
- ward, but the turning movement stopped by the
nucoming main German feet. which not Oulv blocked
the turning efforts Of the British feet hut slowly
pressed that force back fOryfve miles TO latitude SO
deg 40 min. north. and longitude deg 80 min. east.
The turning movement stopped at latitude - deg
80 min. north and longitude deg. so min. east.
1t WAS while the British battle cruiser squadron
was engaged that the British grand feet made run
the North Sea from this position, supposedly
R0svth. Scotland.
The grand feet had to travel at least two hundred
aud fifty miles, and at twenty knots, and assuming
thnt word had been sent in by the British battle
cruiser rommRn der by wireless in the middle of the
afternoon that the German feet sighted. ii would
require until ten eleven o'clock at night for the
grand feet to put in appearance at the position
where the battle ended. This it is believed here is
what did happen, and that the Germans hauled of
when the advent of the British grand feet might he
momentarily expected.
The credit the Germans. II is declared is largely
strategical Seemingly the British battle cruiser
nder did not count the possibility of great
supporting feet being close at hand to help the Ger
cruiser ships This fact might have been disclosed
had the British possessed air craft suited to the wo"
though this IL certain, since the weather eondi.'
tons wholly favorable to the Germans. 49,