The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-25
eLLICo BEATTY CONTROVERSY HAS PARALLEL
In sAMPsoNsCHLEY ROW.

men that the, underlying principle
whether Jeilicoe should have run big
ger risks at Jutland for a bigger gain
seems one of those to which the Diff
forent temperament and psychology of
different mon will give different an
swers to the end Of time"
Curiously enough, there appears to
be a growing disposition to blame Jel-
iicoe for the death of Lard Kitchener
whom he permitted to sail on the
cruiser Hampshire by n route which
tHRad h9Ar.srpro possible to elearof mines
aaIsrpe sr,~ --sssssa. Me a,airy tsnprtr'k
rays;
Others DefeaA Jeilieoe.
'If Jeiiicoe had refused Kitchener
passage until another channel was
available, involving the loss of two or
three days time, would Russia be a
great power today"
There are others who defend Jelli-
coe In the Kitchener mater. citing the
impcrious will OF the tx. of k, who
they say, would have aatly refused any
demand to~> defer his voyage.
As In the case of schley's famous
book. the Je!licoe- Beatty controversy
hangs upon technical issue--Jellicoe's
star board wing depIoyment"
Upon the evening of May 81, 1916,
which Pollen characterizes as the night
when victory was thrown away"
Beatty's message to Jeilicoe, "if you
fellow me we will annihilats them"
put a challenge up TO Jeilicoe which
the latter dared not accept because OF
the superiority OF the torpedo feet
Pollen seizes upon this incident thus:
The effect of his (Jellicoe's) de-
ployment was to take the whole fleet
five miles from the point where the
Marlborough was when just astern the
New Zealand. Tho grand fleet, in
other words. had been taken out of
action altogether. II continued 1000
yards further away from the enemy
than Beattys battle cruisers until 7
o'clock. when this deployment having
failed. Jellico reformed in divisions,
turned southwark again. and de-
pioyed In n line parallel to the Ger
mans.
Huns Turned Tai and Fled.
"Scheer commander OF the German
nigh seas fleet) countered this move
by sending his destroyers to attack
Jellicoe with torpedoee. Jellico
promptly turned his fleet away again
and the Germans simultaneously
turned stern on the British feet and
fled incontinent1y.
Thus. al 1870 o'clock, the British
feet steamtng ehstwards, and the
Germans full speed west wards, con-
tie was over
Thus victory was thrown away Try
Jeliico's deployrnent and hts refusal to
face the torpedoes"
The New Statesman, defending Jei-
liaoe. says;
TT is true our ships had heavier
gums, but our shells hurst at impact.
whereas the German shells burst after
penetration
The German ships were superior:
their shooting was superior, due to
prc-war practice, and the German
range finders were superior The
British ships were deficient In deck
arrnor and narrower in beam. there
fore had more unstable run platforms.
due TO false economy in not widening
the old dry docks
Our destroyers carried four tubes
against the German Fix and were
therefore the least formidable rRit-
ism submarines were capable OF par
ucipating in the Iutiand battle"
a neutral observer might believe the
New sta tesman, in defending Jeilicoe
practically admitted defeat at Jutland.