On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 7, 9 January 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

JELLICOE’S SOLE TASK: DESTRUCTION OF THE GERMAN FLEET. tUNUED Peess Association.] London, January 8. Lord Selbourn, in the House of Lords, in asking whether the Government would make a statement on the recent naval operations, said that Admiral Jellicoe’s sole task was to destroy the German fleet if the Germans came out. Tt was not his business to j try to prevent such a raid as the Scarborough raid, and therefore it was no [reflection on him. The Admiralty had iknown such a raid was possible, j Lord Crewe, replying, said that 'never had there been a naval war [wherein the supremacy of the British fleet all over the world had been obtained so readily, and at so small a cost. They must not forget, of course, the assistance given by Australia, France and Japan. No activities of German spies had had any bearing on the east coast raid. Any pinning of the fleet to the coast because of raids would be unwise and almost suicidal. The captain of the Formidable, he continued, in ordering the other vessels not to stand by owing to submarines, had acted in a manner worthy of the highest traditions of the navy.

TURKISH TRANSPORT SUNK IN THE BOSPHORUS. CRUISER DAMAGED AND ANOTHER TRANSPORT SUNK. *I (Received 9.4(5 a.m.) Paris, January 8. Official.—A Turkish transport was mined and sunk at the entrance to the Bosphorus. A Russian cruiser destroyer shelled the cruiser Medjidieh, near Trebizond, The Medijidfeli was damaged and escaped, but the transport she was convoying was sunk. THE INTERNED SHIPPING.

Time? and Rtdnkt Sun Bhbvicib. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, January 8. British shipowners seek to charter the German steamers which are detained in British ports during the war, and allowed them to be exchanged for captured British ships after the war. The Government is considering the matter. RED CROSS SHIP WITH THE THE FLEETS. (Received 8.0 a.m.) 1 b London, January 8. A naval correspondent, commenting on the heavy death rolls, recommends that, a Red Cross ship, liberally supplied with boats should accompany the. Fleets. GERMAN STATEMENT OF THE CUXHAVEN RAID. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, January 8. German newspapers declared that the Cuxhaven raid was a failure, all the bombs having missed their mark.