Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-01


| direct them on clear COURSE. Once the,
were couple of hours behind time at i
rendezvous. Beatty wanted TO know the
reason why. I'VE arc sailing around
one of our own mine fields" was the an.
swcr.
That's all right signals back the
British Admiral. I'VE swept that field up
long ago"
Was there ever such humiliation?
Want to know exactly how many
officers and men are coming in each ship,
says Beatty. you will report this by
Ga. m. tomorrow
For a whole week this wonderful wire
less drama went on across the waters of
the North Sea. How Marc0ni has rccast
human intercourse One might say,
figIrativcly speaking, that not a man
went To bed that week at Kicl without
Bcatty's permission.
DANCING ON THE TEXAS
went aboard the Texas on the after
noon Of the 10Th. The five United States
hattcShips forming the Sixth Battle
Squadron of the Grand Fleet, New York.
Texas Arkansas, Wyoming and Florida,
clearly dlstlnguShablc from all other
drcaduaughts by their lattice masts, Law
IN the Firth of Forth very nearly under
the giant bridge spanning that waterway.
IS tar as the eye could see in every
direction, there were dotted warships,
while IN and out courSed pinnaccs and
launches Arrived at the top of the ac-
c0mmodatIon ladder the executive officer
led mc 10 the admlral's cabin there being
now no admiral aboard.
Make Yourself comfy and then come
right along to the wardroom We're hav-
ing sort Of hop" ! expected to find u
score of officers, British and American,
hunnv-hugglnC' to a piano. Instead
came upon q score oi pretty English
women. officers wives and daughters,
foN-trottIng with British and American
officers Ia the strains of a Jazz band. In
one corner lay spread out the most
ravIShlng pre-war tea OF cream and sugar
and butter and white bread and delightful
cakes ana daIntics And SO we trot-
Ted to Jazz for the rest Of the evening, on
the TcNaS while the Germans, in ono
winding cortegc. 20 miles long, were
m"urn'ulv finding their way toward us
now glltdcd clear Of British mlnc fields hy
WlrrIcS>, now hcsitatInC AZ mnc fields Of
th,lr own long sIncc swept M bv lis rhc
Duke oi R,chmonds ball Al Brussels the
night before Waterloo was nothing to
tins Dnc lived each moment Of each
minute The dramati. note was apt 10 be
ut"nSC What Wcrc Those Germans doing,
SAVING, thinking, ont IN the North Sea
that night - We toasted Der Tag AT
dinner. and then repaired to a cinema
show aboard 10 get the angle, one must
bear M mind that a man ship Is hIs home,
his life, his All The sailor ; attitude To his
~hIp IS one Of awcd affection. hiS primitive
Instincts ImpCl hlm To defend her like
ioncss her cubs And here were the Ger
mans sailing on on, on 70 surrender, 10
degradation
III the vardrnom asked lieutenant
lot long left annapolis for his impress
mons on ask mo what we officers
huns ~ it3 Why !d~t that And he
,ontcd 10 little blackboard hanging on
az wall opposite and marked "a hours "
We want "a see that burned thing taken
igwn Mud as soon aS we get these fellows |
informed M at Scapa it Will bc taken down. |
or ten months, ever since the American |
'attlc squadron arrived here we We been |
sept AZ four hours notice 70 proceed 10 |
Ga ION won't appreciate just what that |
means il means We .Vc been tied to this |
hp hv buth feet and arms All that time |
/ I hc q different world when that little /
blackboard comes down, Get me-
No INTIMACY TO RE TOLERATED
Al ulghtfall tho great fleet still lav at
.nchnr, the darkness twinkiing with /
nyrad lights and flashes as one ship sig
allcd q another One signal in par
lcular from Beatty on the Queen Eliza
eth was Of Wlde interest II warned the i
thccrs and men OF the Grand Fleet that
hc methods of which the late enemy had
aged war were never 10 be forgotten for |
y instant during the coming months of !
iteTment, and that no intimacy of anv
,ri would he tolerated as between Ger
isnS and BrItons or Americans
Then operation order - was circulated.
B most formal language it told Us Of the
iurrow hloudleS- Trafalgar, arranged
-c0rdng - plan.
4 sufficient force will proceed to sea to
,ke over al rendezvous y those ships of
n German High Seas Fleet selected for
.f.rnmcnt
Operation order - showed that Beatty
- taking no RISKS. and that nc had tied
;. Germans down 10 q very definite
program
y hat wc fear most Is . stunt by sub
aunc manned entirely bv officers. ex-
aired 4 Young American officer. They
Iglt sa~llN gCt a couple Of our ships be-
luat, that should be attacked has
der, d scatter. he rest Of the line viii
'At.nuc a. Il nothing had happened But
a SOLITARY gun turrct moves on the Ger
aH surface -nIp- why the whole burned
I viii Do blown out Of the water
ne whole business me s.es VoU want TO
Up and rub your temples FIRST people ]
" ever met who couldn bc even kicked
- "a hight G
Five MINUTES later We were watching "A ! l
luccss Of the Blood on the cinema and 7
-cus-Ing moylc stars But this night of ;
ghts d was impossible 10 get away from G
r business IN hand One Of our patrol J
at- has picked them up $50 miles east 5
Nav Island quite behaving them
ives, announces newcomer from the
ldge And one thoughts going wander $
Z again Here was the kaIser's dream a
nshing every minute, into the Scottish
- 4 dying navy navy that had I
pt Europe from sleeping peacefully in It's ;
p ior NIGH - wear q navy built for =
,ubIr complete from It's intricate I
boat mlrTophOne- 20 its pretty women p
ent- dotted around the capitals Of I
rop' Md tins was the end steaning SI
.thodIcalls toward u- out Of the night IN q
np!ctc surrender y
oTTNUMFFRLb THREE TO ONE n
- dawncd ih, DAY bloodlca- ira
gar b winch II battleships and battle
Ile"rs - cruisers and light cruisers. and
} dcatroyers 81 the proud feet, totaling u
-hap> 100000 personnel and covering a b
ctch of water 80 mules long by six wide, 81