The Waimate Advertiser. PUBLISHED DAILY. MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1916. THE NAVAL VICTORY.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVIII, Issue 309, 5 June 1916, Page 2

The Waimate Advertiser. PUBLISHED DAILY.

MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1916. THE NAVAL VICTORY.

“ Multum in Fatvo

The later version of the great naval action in the North Sea (see map on page 1) shows that, although our losses in ships and men may be heavier than the Germans’, the result of the battle is a victory for the Union Jack. The British drove the enemy off the blue sea as really as ever did Van Troinp’s flagship with broom at masthead. The loss of lijes is most deplorable, but to the kith and kin of those brave sailors above whose heads the great steel ship of England still ride victorious it would be scant comfort to be assured that the enemy wives, mothers and daughters bereaved by the fight are yet more numerous. As Le Temps says, the continuing victory represented by the successful blockade is more to be satisfied with than the transcient glory of a single naval victory, however brilliant. And this leads to the recapitulation of Mr Lovat Fraser’s opinion that the risking of a battle by the German High Sea Fleet would moan that the war would soon, be over. His contention being that they would ..only essay a battle when the economic and military situation got so desperate that an attempt with th® Fleet was the only resource left. We acknowledge the bravery and skill of the junior navy—for one thing they repeated that Chili trick of getting our ships silhouted between their big guns and the westering sun —and in the words of the Admiralty we, “ hope they will come again, and that soon.”