THE BRITISH NAVY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10291, 28 May 1919, Page 5

THE BRITISH NAVY

WHAT THE WAR DISCLOSED “THE BEAIHXESS IS ALE.” By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright . ■ ' "ACEEAtDE,;>Iay '27.'~, Admiral Jellicoe, speaking at a Parliamentary luncheon in his honour, detailed the difficulties of dealing with .the, submarine, menace, and the great' work accomplished by the British, Navy, and mercantile marine. He said ho -had very serious-anxiety in then early, days of Ske war us to what the -result would' be. He did not hesitate to ;sajy, that if the German submarines had been mauned by British sailors, not a. British' ship,would have been left afloat.. / It was an extraordinarily easy task, and tho way the Gcrmans-fniled over it . showed «. -want, oh initiative and* dash, which, to his surprise, the German fleet ..showed, throughout taie There was never much anxiety, continued Lord Jellicoo, regarding the Germans’ surface fleet; but distinguished raiders were difficult to tackle.. “If the Germans had liked, they could hav« ■ eont-out' n 'hundred. Thank goodness 1 they failed'ftSTealise how easy TEJjraa?’' Tho lesson to be learned from the war owes’simple.' 'it‘‘fras to be reacljff'" n, \V l a~ : ■had; iio'doubt, long years of fore , us; hut he would not trust 'the destinies of tho Empire to anybody but the British Navy, backed by the valuable- -assistance- of -the - '- great oversell Dominions.