Bay of Plenty Times TUESDAY, JUNE 13th, 1916 THE NAVAL VICTORY.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6711, 13 June 1916, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times TUESDAY, JUNE 13th, 1916 THE NAVAL VICTORY.

ANY doubt that the first announcementfof the great naval engagement may have raised in our minds as to the actual result of that memorable fight Have been entirely dispelled by subsequent announcements. We now see with startling clearness the great blow inflicted upon the enemy' —narrowly escaping complete annihilation. The effect that blow will have on his future operations is concisely put by theTwar writer in the New Zealand Times:—"lt is useless for the Germans," l;e days, "to talk "of Ktbe glory they have gained, and to-pre-tend that they carried victory back with their flags to shelter. Copenhagen has reported the plight in which their ships arrived after the breathless race they had with Jellicoe to pet away before dark. The fact is established that the enerry has tried to shake the British hold of the sea, that he has foiled, and that he is in worse condition, comparatively, than he has ever been. The result of

the battle is to clear up for thewhole war the question of the ecu command —Germany can pretend no; more to have the remotest chance, of pver, during the war, being able to question our supremacy. That is the revelation of the victory of the British Fleet. No one gtudges the enemy the fullest credit for the tight he put up. And Tin one, at the same time, will believe a word he says that is not a complete confession of decisive inferiority. Had he remained bottled up, the world would have considered the probability of his coming out like a t>-inderbolt, largely of the war's forging. But his sortie haa shown the end of his pretence in that regard. For hirn^there is no more hope on the sea,: We heard a gibe in this connection which bits off the situation exactly. The end of the battle was under iliacusrsion, and Bomeone asked about tbe

German btttje fleetV^' -' Mother"'! wsb the uwe, ':- * **M repteaents tbe slmpleTroth* m !} M? has wrapped them up i n LuZ\" ri of a lie andithe cloak ltlV£?«* And that is the last wraha^.^ I the High Sea Fleet | * t"* °f !