Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-29
INV RAwsON rENNrrr,

'''f' lH'lol W. NifH Wh'rr both tnn
NAV ih"ir par. hr received -ttiking
continuation both fu ~" prurtrss
Uud the event ~ Ulr Wnrld Wtt
which tho G'rmnn ruler. t-.p,n ana
Whi'h has ended In their country,
ruin
IN" greater part ~ the sea worh
ui 'llI' war has irru largely iuVIHlhI.
4" the general publlc n h,s hp,n
t'rl go tut sound strategic r,tauua
IN failures rather than ~ su,r,asr.
have been revealed ~ ih- iim, uut
VII become evident when the
whole STORY hlll ~ told chat tho
tuprtlurlb ut tho ftcr nations n
""n power WIS the dr,isiv, fr,tui loo
I"lIinE the lluunish plot tu tulo and
cntlhy" the world
IN" liiiiish navy has naturally
played the larger part IN tho pr,
struggle. when tho vat began n
was. nearly two To- one. the mn-t
powerful On the sous And n vts
ready ~ only the Gormhu war ma
chin" was ready on land While IT.
work was admirably supplemented
hN tho fleets ~ Frame and ltnll.
ana ~ tho last two Years by that NJ
the United States upon II foil the
whole of one ~ the threc great sen
tasks OF the war, ana the heavier
part of the other two
These tasks wsra CD clearing the
oceans ~ tn" German cruisers, -
the blockade ~ U-rmnny. Including
IN" paralysis ~ tho G~rman hiEh
seas fleet tb guarding transport ~
troops and Huppli.n. Including the
battle with tn. German submarines
and mines
Hunting the Hun From IN, Rsw@.
within - hours after the d~clnr-
alton of war. Admiral Alr John Jelli-
coe was at sea with IN. british grand
fleet and the blockad. I'D was ret
upon tho German outlets to the
oceans. The story of that more than
30 months watch ~ thu North sea
must give first place, however. Ia
tho tale OF tho hunting Of tn. Hun
from all the outer waters Of the
world.
How deliberate wns tho German
war planning IL shown by the fact
that several days before It's declnrn.
ton Admiral Specs cruiser squadron !
steamed out OF kiao Chso To take
up the work of commerce. destroy |
inE D~tRchins the Emden to raid |
tho indian ocean, kpeeA~nt the i."ip |
xia and NurnborH To Join the DreH-
den on the South American coast
where he later met them with the
scharnhorst and Gneissnau after |
shooting up" some defenSelesr
French and hritish trading towns
among tho South Pacific islands,
ON November !, 1914. Admiral slr !
Charles craddock, rteaminH north |
from Cape Horn, met the five Ger
man cruisers In Rsle off Coroncl
ON tho Chilean coast with the ar.
mor~d criussrs uood Hope and |
Monmouth and the light cruiser |
Glasgow. The battleship Canopus
aent out TO re.enfore Cradd0ck, was
unable TO got IN sight OF tho action |
owing to slow speed. Craddock was
overmatched and the Good Hope |
and Monmouth went down with Nil
hands. the battered Glasgow alone
escaping south TO warn the Cahopus. |
The british admiralty calculated |
correctly that Rpee would be con-.
peiIsd by want OF coal and food 10 |
attempt a raid on the Falkland Is
lands, In the South Atlantic. and |
sent thither Admiral Sir Frederick |
aturde. with the lnvinciblr, inflex.
ibIe, Carnarvun Kent. Cornwall |
Bristol and Macedonia
The Fight or the t'nlklansis.
The next morning after the British |
squadron arrived Spec steamed Into |
siaht. The action opened Just before |
i ID. DeCembef It1Ss nv
ara the Scharnhorrt sank, and soon |
after the Uneissnau, to be Joined In |
the depths by the Nuremberg at "a
and by the I~ipsiG At s;ia Unlike |
IN, Huns at Coropsl. the British Wa.
man aid thrir hest TO rescu. their |
hea,en fo.s though few survived |
,ho.. lev ~nt.r.
Tn. presdsp escspsd for N, time
ana y,ed bnck into the Pacific. 20 he
oys,h,u,sd nv IN, Kent and the |
,jlssrow nj Juan Fernandez The ncAi |
March and to null down her colora
,f,er an action ~ fIy. mlnutes
rhsEmd.n bad me, her fat. q
uonib h.fore the flrht Off tho Falk.
and ate, de.,royihs , hummer OF
m.rrbent sh,ps. ON November 10.
1914 the Australian cruiser =, dney
,la, ahaut 40 n,iles easi ~ Tho /
,T,os keriins island. In the lndnn
o,,,n oicL.r nm a xirrless u.estisn
ROM he roco. station. STRANGE
.,,,.htn 40, entrance"
r,,n bnur. later trs Fmdcn was
.,.,,,,j cn,ni,y M, from the de.
,,,'t, ,,, -. ,hs uireles. .tntI,n Two
,,,r. mnr. and the Emdru w,n q |
,t.,,1, ,,scI an m. N,rth i,etiur
,'f'
Ni,ht, the first month ~ he war
80, An,,,,s, ao lOi, mo Kaiser wi.
rm,n' 80 p,,.ss h,d berr .nuk hV
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