, 1916-06-10

hours after its ARRIVAL reported the buV"e
Fleet ready for action. As regards me yer
man losses d. finite evidence, 1t Is dec"I'u'
has now been obtained that they were deli
beralely fulsifed and that the blowing
were totally DESTROYED. 1--we battle cruisers,
one at least and probably two battleships,
four light cruisers, eight destroyers aud one
submarine. The remainder Of the German
battle cruiser squadron may have reached
home por.s. but the ships were ali severely
damaged as also were ships OF the "Aoenl8
class which were under the ire OF a poruon
of the British Battle Fleet.Besldes the above,
the Associated Press has obtained lntorma-
ton from returned officers OF the effect that
they are able to identity the lost German
battle cruisers as the Hindenburg ana me
Lutzow. Naval officers here point out that,
on account of their proximity to home ports
some of their vessels that were us badly
damaged as the British cruiser "Warrior"
would have been able 10 nuke port. The
German warship "Hindenburg" has hlther-
to been classified as a battleshlp Inc
De, fiinger and her sistershlp the LulzoW
are believed to be the battle cruisers which
the British have included in then list OF
supposed German losses, while another bat
tie cruiser the "Seydlitz" is reported from
a neutral source to have been seen on
Thursday morning badly damaged and
being pursued by Il British warahlp. The
result of the battle, it is also suggested, puts
an end to the German ambition WHICH many
believe they were attempting 10 fea"Ze
last week, of forcing a way through the
British blockade, for a few fast cruisers,
which if the scheme had been success
full, would have undertaken to raid Allied
shipping in the Atlantic, with the loss OF
three if not four light cruisers and damage
done to Others. Germany, it is urged,
now has not the ships suitable for tins
undertaking. Another advantage clam
ed from the outcome of the battle IS
that it relieves the pres ure OF the
Russian Army wing in Couiland to which
the German fleet was giving valuable sup
port, while the sinking of nine German des-
troyers and the damage done to others Will
make it easier for British submarines to en-
ter the Baltic and cruise there. 1t is already
reported from Copenhagen that German
cruisers have been Withdrawn from tue Cour-
land coast while German destroyers have not
been seen for a week in the southern Baltic.
London. June 6tb.-When the news of
the sinking of the cruiser Hampshire with
Earl Kitchener and his Staff aboard was re-
ceived in London, u meeting OF the British
War Council was Immediately called. Sir VIM.
Robertson, Chief of the Imperial Staff, who
probably will become the bead Of the War
Office, Sir Edward Grey, Mr. Reginald Nc
Keuna and Mr. David Lloyd George were
present.
London, June 6tb-Accompanying Earl
Kitchener rs his Staff were Mr. Hugh Jnmes
O'Beirne, former Councillor to the Brush
Embassy at Petroglad, and former Minister ut
Sofia, Mr.. O. A. Fl zeerald, Eall Kitchenel's
Private Secretary, Brigadier-Generu Elder
clom op1 Sir FredpTick Donaldson.
Athens, June 6h.-The Government of
Greece to-day protested to the Entente Al
lies against the proclamation of martial law
at Salonica.
Shanghai, June 4th-Yuan-ShiI -Kaio, Pre-
sident of the Chinese Republic, died yesterday
morning.
Petrograd,, June 6,h.-Tbe Russian Press
urges the Entente Powers to bring pressure
to bear on Greece because of the antagonislic
attitude of the country.
Lond, u, June 6ih.-About Ypres, the Ger
mans and British forces, the latter consisting
of Canadians, ARE keeping up the violent
fighting that has been in progress since last
week when the Germans, under a terrific
rain of shells, captured Canadian posi-
tious which later were taken in hand to hand
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