THE HIGHER COURAGE
TRIBUTE TO ADMIRAL
CRADOCK
Uy Tdogjaph-rPiefie Association—Copyright
(Eeo. l\ine 17, 7.80 p.m.)
London, June 17. A monument to the lato Admiral,Cradock hfjs been, unveiled in YorkmfinsTer > Cathedral, which was crowded. After tbu last, post was sounded at the end the solemn service, Mr. A. J. Balfour, First Lord oL-the Admiralty, unveiled a beautiful 'marble alabaster memorial.
Ho said Admiral Cradock's deed was not one'of uncalculating daring, but one inspired by higher wisdom than calculation, by higher courage than daring. Hb attacked because he know the German . fleet in'this Pacifio was far from dockyards wKcro the vessels could refit; nd friendly bases woro ojpen if they suffered damage, and their power for evil would 'be utterly destroyed. Admiral Cradook : ' was unable to foresee the. Battle of the Falklands; ho only knew that tha. Gerlinan Sqaadion was a great peril, ia the • while it Tema&ed emoieiit, and Udmiral Cradook judged his squadron sacrificed if ho destroyed the power of the hostile fleet. "If I am right in intimating Admiral, Cradock's motives, tdhere was never a nobler act, unsuooekful tSiongh it was, than the Coronet fight. Admiral Cradook and his comrades havo an immortal place in the roll of lis) vol horocs who havo bnflt the Em*
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2800, 19 June 1916, Page 5
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207THE HIGHER COURAGE Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2800, 19 June 1916, Page 5
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