BRITISH STRATEGY.
LORD SELBORNE ON RAIDS
THE SMALL COST OF
SUPREMACY
(Received January Bth, 10.15 p.m.) LONDON, January 8.
Lord Selbourne, who was First Lord of tho Admiralty from 1900 to 1905, in asking whether the Government would make a statement about recent naval operations, 6aid that Sir John Jellicoc's solo task was to destroy the German Fleet if it camo out. It was not his business to try to prevent such a raid as that on Scarborough, therefore it was no reflection, on the Admiralty that such raid was possible.
Lord Crewe, in replying, said there had never been a naval war in which supremacy of tho British Fleet all over the world had been obtained so readily and at so small a cost. Thay must not forget the assistance of Australia, France, and Japan. Mo activities of Gorman 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.
Lord Crewe said that the captain of the Formidable, in ordering other vessels not to stand by owing to the submarine danger, acted in a manner worthy of the highest traditions of the Navy. ,
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15172, 9 January 1915, Page 9
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