The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-04
ENEMY FLEET FEARS
TO RISK Big ACTION
American Naval Expert Sees
NO Likelihood of General
Sea Fight.
ALLIES RANGE GROWING
T.. $. and British Hits at 3d.
600 Yards Answer to
German Boasts.
ALLIES RANGE GROWING

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Journal as oe''e''"s '"'''
stand UP battle between INC ma"
tish seas fleet and the meets OF inc Al
lies. Is highly un'ikeH' mat.
He Is quoted 40 -, 49,, an
credence 10 'ne rui',o, &c 49, e ,.,h,ch
feet being resu''eu WIZ 60.
Will enable IL W co'he ou.
ranse beyo"o VIC po =. re
ships TO rcacn, ana says eNa, 80
traying no m'li'ary seer s,...,, ae.,.rs
that the American anu o" $500
now conducting Ua.ue Va MI - a., ~
OF 10000 yarus ny sees nv. 49,. ~, he he
German meet eNcep' 90 NV, t,
expanded Tor anothe, war anu 80,
that the Aliies must sna''ei Guy "o
dream ny beating ueii ,,,.,,, W no n
Under tne eap''on' -
Feet f1gh' 'he AMY """ '"'S '"
nal says;
Whether or not ,ne 1e' man nsn n'.
feet now safely hiuins III iae
irrpregnaole base penino iI''i'e ne'us anu
fo7tfcations VIII come on. 10 ensase III
a genera oat''e 10 aue'''o. 'na. nas
excited various opihlons pu i"S ,,,'',s
scme important coHs'uera''ohs' "ni'e
reports nave appeared rom .n''e W ui.e
tnat the German meet was p,epaie "
come OUT anu give pa''ie' nc 80 "
mains that tne nee. mas io, ie.t ''s oese
IN two years ana me relorS so ia'
nave proved luie fuihor'
No Action, Is Belief.
N.,or,be,ass tbere ara some officers
=, 49, 49,, ,,ho hays hs,d m tho idea
w., ,ho c.rn,an Gse, NAV eyentuauy
~ 49,, g. oanar,, hs,ta oth.rs
,bo ore ororg tho most exnerienced
W.. rooros, th;y,,no mon IN Tho nav
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,it,.,,..to,, 90 10 nroh,an,s On tha Gao
,o,,.in,. 80 Cor,,ao h,,h $40 act On
eioo, 80 ,ho 49,. ,,,hoss orinior ts en-
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!.Tndnr ,,rosont ov,s,,nn oo,a;,,o,s
,hat could ,hn c.r,.an hI,, so a.,
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n,,d ano,e;n,, IN aanar,, ha,,,o~ This
a., a. .a,, ,.,s..a
'nsr hefora ,ha ,,;gh,, a., ~ ca,
p.,.at,, "a ra,inas q. ,is;r Ill. az y
s,',anH,, az" r,,ar,nt,'e a. 80 ,nv
Sp'e"uIu ."e s neet VI ne',han!
,.o-,d :, al, iii. ~ 90
m,ny's co,onis, Voc ,oLsn f-or,, ho-
\o,. oil III. ha,,ona, $780, ~ r,i,oa
s,o,as nr,ara1 * ~
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Tho uar at -, nr.., 40 -it,,., SO
ion ba. ren,ainaa ,nacti,,o nnd ha. 10,
made anv .ndao,or 70 rro,ao, g., 49,,
conmarcs ard N h,,,Ia ,,,i,h ,ha o,or,,,
on tbe bigh seas VII, A. rer,arua "a
r,eviously all this hannarad ,a,nra ~, =
r.ri,ed S,a,.s nnta-os ~. -. 70 az
German bigb Goa act ,,as 60 ,,,ro,an,
thon ~ meet hat,,a s,raraI,, ,on, v,,,ch
moro ,mno,ent MS, ~ ~. ~ ,ho ,ra.ar,
Tine nov. tbat tha sn,orata d.. - 49,
United States is added 10 that Of Great
~. anu our o'her a"ies
'rue 'nal .he Germans nave
teu, ~ 10 DeieHeu. an mat ~ 'eit o,
"e RUSSIAN navy worth having, bu'
n II VI. 'tsse,s Vi tne el.ire hussiaI
,rhic, W oe oo,, u ~. ~ p,nn VI e1nul''on
,,.i VI ~ l, o. my arc NJ men a'i
~ ~ ' imam navy uoeS Hot n"i
S ~. "a, ."e Nv .aseu pomei 'ne =. ME.
cnrr "' ~ ,he a,neu nee', Ih'
"eu masse,s nv We thnio pun. man.
-, ~. va ~ Ia! SIN t.e wa
~ I-,.s D.n"ih am
10 49, STATES anu o'"er Vi tne al
.r,.S SNe.s'
c.rran ae LIS i.oe,ai a!ioman'e i1'
la, ~ 'se III s''pou''uihs. II u
nnown iact that IL Is msignihcan
az. ''tIa ~ 'he sreat auui'loh'
t,,'n o a''i ., i'",ies, is haruIy 10 o.
, 49, wv "nan ms
,iu hau any 'h'eH''oh U
e''ai .s' 'ee. ~ " squaIe voiI
80. pi 49, D"l'.' e,en abaiI's
-" ~, '''s', nes' aione. anu TINS Is rea
'S Sun. .o''. ,ision' Hi"i pas
~ II Is aUsoIute'y uhreasoh
' " suppose II WIN come gu. no" an,
SURE ues'ruc'ioi. ny meeting DOL
,ne AlheriCah ana british meets oni.
a""'''"s IL
Escaped by Flight.
,.rta ,..--.... ..--- - - 49,
cssions has sent a norton NJ ita ga nita
ships ont a short distance from ito ha 9,
10 try how a nIhhJe at the Rri,isb Ace
would result Each time fter an ON
raeement tho cerm.r .bins have Inv
riedly sourh, safety at their base vhjc,
a victorioua fact ,vouId mot do
since tho Carm.n aest cave o,t fro,
It's hase AND fought the pritish ~ tn,
battle of Jutland in August 1S16 an,
then ran home II has not bsen ont 10
battle. In fact, no German warsbI
larger than n destroyer has ventured *,
miles ives, Of He,eoland since Aupust
1916 except the two light cruisers whicl
attacked a lightly guarded convoy /,
October, 1917, in Scandinavian waters
The British and American worsbins ma
troll the North Sea right IN to the Ger
man mine fields and about HeIroland n,
the alert for German shins Unless IN,
German fleet had suffered the most ex
IRENE punishment at the hands Of m,
British and had realized that their gam,
Of hit and run away was a had game fo
them, would the Germans have allowed
their high seas fleet to remain for tw,
years in idleness?
There have been rumors that IN,
German navy was being regunned. an,
that when this was accomplished tn,