The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-04
LONDONERS CHEER
NAVAL SURVIVORS
Hundreds Of Wounded Men
.\rrive-I.O>s Said to EX-
cped 5000.
OuTCRY FOR VENGEANCE
>pc",oi 'abie Bespa,ch 10 THr >r>.

>pe".1i 'atis Despoich 10 THr SIS.
LoNpoN. June 3--Wounded survivors
of the great naval battle reached here
by the hundreds this morning. Red
Cross ambulances private automobiles
loaned by their owners and hospital
conveyances gathered at the station. the
forefront OF huge crowd TO await
them.
strict inJUurtions we're laid upon the
public not To- speak to the wounded, but
cheer after cheer rolled forth as the
bandaged sailors walked or were car
ried on stretchers IN long lines, 10 the
vehicles which were to transport them
TO the hospitals or their homes.
No estimate OF tine loss OF life on
The British side has been given h, the
Admiralty. but 1t is generally feared
that II will exceed 1000 officers and
men. the first non-othcial estimate.
Tn. wounded who arrived to-day
were most of them no, seriously in
jured, Many were burned or Scalded.
while others had their heads and limbs
bandaged
\ despatch from Portsmouth SAYS
that ever since the news Of the battle
in the North Sea the backwards and
newspaper offices have been besieged 10y
anxious relatives and friends Of the Off
! GERS and sailors engaged in the fight
; Six of the vessels which went down
came from this port. They were the
Queen Mary. Invinclble. Black Prince.
| Fortune. Sparrowhawk and Ardent.
! The British and German sailors who
reached Holland after losing their ships
viii not be interned, II is believed, as
I they have promised not to attempt to
! escape. The German Minister at The
/ Hague is on his way to Tmuden TO do
what he can to care for those of his ma
1 ,ion. and Great Britain is making ar
: rangements through diplomatic channels
! to come to the relief of her men who are
! in Holland
Great Britain. after a night OF gloom.
awoke this morning to find comfort in
> the morning newspapers in the news thai
while the reports of British losses had
! not decreased In any important particu-
I lar. the German losses were substan-
TALLY greater than at frs, believed
! Nothing has hit England SO hard as
the announcements Of British losses
! The man in the street was almos,
stunned by the news, and his self-com-
! placency received tremendous blow.
, The clubs, tn. corridors of tn" hotels.
the lobbes Of theatres, all public places
were crowded with those who discussed
intensely hut quietly the disaster.
Wherever there was tape ma,hin.
there were hundreds about IT, Each
| bought up.
A theory which has obtained large
measure of belief in naval circles is
that whatever success the Germans
achieved was due to the emplovmcn,
/ Of the discredited seventeen inch guns
The official bulletin speaks of tn,
"low visibility cf the German war yes,
sells 1t Is recalled In this connection
that some years ar" THE SrN publ SHED
a synopsis Of the report OF "A Turkish
naval attache. who contended that the
German battleships were more heavily
armorcd tina the British because they
were designed with u lower freeboard
This would shorten the steamng radiu,
of these ships
Winston churchlls famous remarl
that I'VE will dig them out like rats
from their holes" has been frequently
recalled However, the thinking ano
well informed Englishmen regarded this
remark when it was made, II is un
deniable that churchill voiced the atti
tude OF the bulk OF the people
Judging from the demcanor OF Lon
doners the huge loss will rally the people
to "a more intense determination to vii
the present conflict
In the restaurants. in saloons. where
ever men cOngrcgated tonight, the toas
was; 1.-The Queen Mary will be avenged,