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Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 June 1916, Page 3

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| GERMAN SIOKI OE THE i i\A\ A.L. KAITLE. I Amsterdam, June u. | A Ueiiuau account contends ilia.. the | liritisn assertion that ius fleet laiieu to overture tne GeiUians is contradicted I by Adiniial Jelmcue s statement that the Vjianu I'leet leLurncd to Seiipa i? low, ill the Oriney.s, on me Ist junu. Our numerous torpedo llotiiluu -very sent out, ut me baitle, tor a night attack, to the northwaid oi tno o..ltie hold out ladeu to hud the Bruisn neeL, despite a keen searen. Tney aiso rescued the survivors ot various siiniieu vesseis. 'ihaL thctje participated with tne iiritish main tleet is proved Oy tho admission tliat tne Maiborougii was dasabled; also by the laet tiiau oar submarines signted a vessel of tne iron Duke class heavily uaniaged. << o uid not use either mines or submarines; mines would have been equally dangerous to our fleet as to the enemy's. German airships exclusively were used lor the purposes of reconnaissance. ■The German, account continues: -- <Ku- naval victory was gained by good leadership and effective gunnery and torpedoing. Hitheito we have not ' contradicted any of the Uritieh allegations of German iossee, also the allegation that the lost l'omniern was not the 1906 vessei bus a modern dreadnought. Vve actually lost the Lutzow, Pommern, Wieebadeu, Elbing, I' lauenlob, llostock and hve torpedoers. The full list of the German losses hereby is cjosed. liie stateUK nt repeats the allegations denied by tho British Admiralty that the British loss included the VY mupritc, Princess itoyial and Brmingliam; also that the Marlborough sank before she reached port. The statement concludes: ''The battle of Skager Hack remains a German victory, even ir; British admissions, since Britain lost 11,750 tonnage compared wi f .i our 60,720." j NOT DEAD. I Pekin, June 8. J Doctors saved \uan Shin Kai's son's I life. THE GRECIAN PBOBLEM. London, June 8. The Foreign Office announces that arising out of the surrender of Greeks to Bulgarian troops, the British are taking precautions respecting the export of coal, and regardng Greek ship. ing in British ports, in order to prevent supplies reaching the enemy, 'lhe question of restrictive measures regarding Green porte is under the consideration of the Allies.