JUTLAND BATTLE.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 August 1924, Page 1

JUTLAND BATTLE.

iCSTHAMAN AND N V CAUI.E AHSOCIAIION GKIi.MAN A.D.MIHAI. INTKUVIEW El). LONDON. Aup list o. Till* "Daiy I'.x] ie-s" special eorres--1 undent, OIT-eln. inlenieved .\dmiial von Sclieer and iihtained disclosures rclatinp to the Hattie of .Jutland that "ere not made in Admiral veil Sclicer-s war hook. Admidal urn Seheer says tiiat he was i iinplctely surprised 1-y the Gerniiin Fleet’s encounter with the British Elect "as we only intended to make, a cruiser raid." 1 lie German (.'oiiim.-in*!cr ilcciaiv-: "I. .nl L-eatiy s wide tin ninp mcvemeiit would have had a far-reacliiup eil’ecl if it had heen I !•(■; (.'! iy >u Jl) oiled. With the lirili-h l-'lci't .sctni-i irelinp ns. I had to attempt In save the German Kieet i l (Hit desti'm lioti. Ilii- was only possible 1 y the iiiauoiuvie of tuniinp all t"p, tiier. "liicli "a- ina-tibia cutly carried out. thottpli liilhei to has heen unprecedented in any "ar.” Admiral von S': liocr lie hired: “il h; 1. 1 .1 el!ii oe had wished to l.riiip the Ge; man Fleet into itf lion on the iollo'.iinp niorninp. li<• could have dm:e so. If | .-I'd .lellicee had deployed to slatt. oaril in-lead of to port, lie would have hroupiit a de i-ivc :r lion, and v.'ould have prevented our turn alt-i----pether. "hi It was the manoeuvre which alone saved «>. it would have l.veli worth .lelli■ oe s while to have lost half his ships, jf. ‘llierehy. lie i mid Ini--' tiuei-y destioyvd our

SW.a AU i lIOIUTY 'is ST ATE MEM. I.UNDU-X. Anpti-t u. A sudor British naval < ifnei who V.as pre-eiit at dutiaiid Hatlie interviewed with referen e to Admit al Von s' tp,r's -tateiiietit. apt'ei I with von spheer's .siipieslioli that Lord .lelli-or oitph t to have deployed to sta i Is-ard. iu-tead of to fort, which would have placed the Germans let" ecu .leliiiacs and Heattv’.s shij'-s. when it wot hi lone In ,-n imnro -able lhal au.v olMlie Ger--I,'an ships would escape, hut lie said

.v-miial von S liter "as .pule "tamp in slat it. p that arti-m i mild hr lotved on the following morniup. 'lhe Germans were then inside the limit' Reef, and the British Elect c ttld then not have interposed. file euthoritv sai-l Lord .leiltcoe s decisions in the lipht. of later knowle'pe. mipht alipear wrmip. hut they , .„1 to l.e instantly taken at a time when Lord Jellicoe "as earryinp a heavier re-'.-'misihility than any other individual in the "hole war: for it the British Fleet had heen lost, then Britain would have heen out of the v-ar.