The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-09

MS sian, 0O WI ~
TO Russia aboard the cruiser
mpshire, were lost off the Orkney
ands last night, was the most stun
blow Great Britain has received
ce the war began. This is the
ond shock the country has sustain
within a week. The other was
WIEN the newspapers appeared Fri
dav evening with the first intelligence
of the naval battle in the North sea
in the form of a list of the ships lost,
with virtually no intimation tnat
there was any compensation in the
way of enemy losses. The bulletin
telling of the death of Kitchener gave
the country an even greater shock.
Kitchener was the one outstanding
personality whom the people talked OF
and believed in great man, notwlth-
standing newspaper attacks which at
a former period of the war threaten
ed to undermine his popularity ana
the public confidence in him.
RumOrs Spread Fast.
A telegram from Admiral Sir John
.Je;hcoe. commander Of the fleet, CIV
inc the bare facts, was received at
the admiralty about II o'clock in the
morning. The first official announce
ment was issued at about 1:SQ in the
afternoon. Before noon, however,
rumors were spreading.
admiral Jellicoe's report to the ad-
miralty was as follows:
:g have to report with deep regret
that his majesty's ship Hampshire,
Capt. Herbert j. savill, R. ~, with
lord Kitchener and his staff on board
was sunk last night at about 8 p. m.
to the west of the Orkney, either by
a mine or a torpedo.
"Four boats were seen by observers
On shore to leave the ship. The wind
was north-northwest, and heavy seas
were running. Patrol vessels and de-
stroyers at once proceeded to the spot
and a party was sent along the coast
In search. but only some bodies and
cansized boat have been found up 1o
.+be nresent AS the whole shore has
been searched from the seaward, l
sreatly fear that there is little hope
Ct there being any survivors.
.fNo report has yet been received
from the searching party on shore,
~H M. S. Hampshire was on her
way to Russia"
Beat the Newspapers.
When the official announcement
finally was issued the fact spread
about London some time before the
newspapers could get into the streets
There was a crowd about the stock
exchange which it required police re-
serves 10 deal with. The police told
every one to move on; that there was
no truth in the report.
At the same time another mass OF
people was assembling about the gov.
ernment oiices in Whitehall. The
closed windows of the war Office con-
nrmed the rumor beyond doubt. Other
crowds gathered around the newspa--
per Offices and fought for the papers.
In the course of the afternoon the.
aass on all buildings were flown at
half mast.
The English undoubtedly are
stoieal people, but no one could have
walked the London streets today
without perceiving that something
which common people took as a. ca
larity had befallen them.
The foreign Office was saddened by
the loss of one of its most valued
members, Hugh James O'Bierne;
while Sir Frederick Donaldson and
Brig. Gen. Ellershav of the ministry
of munitions were known to be men
whom the nation could little afford to
lose. Ii
The fact that the cruiser Hamp-
shire, with between 200 and 800 men
had sunk, was generally accepted
simply as an unfortunate detail Of
these days.
Talk of Successor.
We king came from Windsor and
sent for Premier Asquith when he
heard the news. The war council held
a long session. Naturally, speculation
regarding Kitchener's successor be-