MANY TRIBUTES

Evening Star, Issue 22192, 21 November 1935, Page 14

MANY TRIBUTES

DEATH Of EARL JELLICOE . r • EPITOMISED HIGHEST IDEALS OF THE NAVY Press dissociation —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 20. (Received November 21, at 2 p.m.) Lord Beatty, paying a tribute from his sick bed, said; “1 did not even know he was ill. His death was a terrific shock. He epitomised the highest ideals of the Navy. He was a great commander and a great admiral. The country is deeply indebted to him for his war work and his work for returned soldiers.” ■ Mr Lloyd George said: “Although we differed on the best method of combating the submarine menace he was always prompted by the highest sense of duty, and our personal relations were of the highest.” Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice, President of the Legion, said, like Earl Haig, Lord Jellicoe died in the' service of his comrades. Sir lan Hamilton said he had been a close friend of Lord Jellicoe since Lord Fisher said, “ Hamilton, I have a little njan with a rat-trap mouth in which he will catch the German fleet.” GERMAN ADMIRAL’S TRIBUTE BERLIN, November 20. Received November 21, at 2 p.m.) Admiral Yon Raeder said that Earl Jellicoe was highly esteemed by the entire German Navy as a chivalrous opponent, especially in the Jutland Battle. Knowing of his desire to visit her young navy and new leaders, GcM many intended inviting him to the commemoration service for the Jutland victims.