The Cordova daily times., 1916-08-04

event of surpassing interest. The Ger man grand fleet, steaming out from its mine fields and impregnable har- bors at Kiel and Wilhelmshaven, en- gagged the British fleet in the might. lest naval battle of history.
 The battle was fought off the coast of Jutland on May 31. It's results are so obscured by the conflicting claims of the combatants that they will pro bably not be definitely known until the war is over, If then. The Ger mans assert that the British losses were far heavier than theirs and on that ground claim the victory. The British, denying greater losses, point to the fact that they still control the seas as the basis of their right to the | title of victors. London also claims that since the battle 200 British ships, which had been tied up in Baltic ports since the beginning of the war, have been able to make their way to Eng , fish ports unmolested by German warships.
 The German official account of the fight says that the British losses were 117,150 tons, as against 60,720 tons sunk by the British. The British ad- miralty makes no attempt to estimate the loss in tonnage, but unofficial Brit ish estimates place the German loss at 10922O tons against 112.350 for the British. Officially the Germans have admitted the loss of only one capital ship. the Lutzow, 26,6OO tons, a vessel surpassing in tonnage and armament many battleships. The British claim to have sunk in addition two dread nOughts and probably a third. The principal losses admitted by them for their side are the three battle cruis- CTS, the Invincible, the Indefatigable and the Queen Mary.
 One other event on the sea aroused intense interest. On June } Field Mar shal Earl Kitchener, Great Britain's famous war minister, was drowned with his staff off the Orkneys when the cruiser Hampshire went down, It was at first thought the cruiser had been the victim of a submarine, but this theory was generally discarded when it was learned that the warship had struck a mine and gone down in the midst of a terrific storm.
 The second year of the war was a memorable one as far as the United States was concerned. It marked the apparent final passing of the crisis between this country and Germany over the submarine warfare which threatened more than once a rupture or TelbllOnS anu even war.
 The sinking by a submarine without warning of the White Star liner Ara bic, with the loss of two American lives. created a profound impression in the United States. Germany sent a note to Washington in September, olA IAFa off fn refer the question of compensation to The Hague, but this was regarded with disappointment by the Washing ton government. and the situation be- came very tense. In October Germany disavowed and regretted the sinking of the Arabic.
 Five months later the French steam ship Sussex was torpedoed without warming while carrying more than 300 passengers, including number of Americans, across the English chan nel. About fifty persons were killed, and this incident brought the subma- rine question to an acute stage. Ger many at first disclaimed responsibil- ity for the attack on the Sussex, but the evidence accumulated by the United States appeared so overwhelm- ing that President Wilson on April IS dispatched to Germany note which was virtually an ultimatum, and on the following day personally ap- peared before congress and laid the entire problem before that body. On May 10 Germany admitted the subma- rine attack on the Sussex, and pro- missed that no more liners should be sunk without warning and without ample opportunity of the escape of crews and passengers. These pro misses were considered satisfactory by the president, and the war cloud lifted. Since that time large number of ships have been sunk by German and