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it x jos} Oe and Sir David Beatty's : espatches that no account was given wl ~~ hut the second the L . Tt he Saco disasters is that, 'in de- fiance of all rules and regulations, +. than a theory, and there is strong: ing of éach crniser--that is known-- _ take place in the magagines ond "~~action, had assembled in the turrets | ih 'OF 3 BRITISH CRUISERS __ AT BATTLE OF JUTLAND . = --- Theory That Vessels Were Sunk by Assembling Cordite in Turrets in Defiance of the Regulations. One-of the great mysteries of the war is the loss of Admiral Beatty's three great battlé cruisers--the Queen Mary, the Indefatigable and the In- #" vincible--in the battle of Jutland. Two of these magnificent fightin ships were lost early in the nin ment within a few minutes of each other, the third being sunk later in the day. All three sank with great rapidity after being hit, the sugges- tion being that their magazines were exploded by a lucky enemy shot. 'Various conflicting theories have been advanced as to what occurred, but "the Pall Mall Gazette professes to have obtained from "a' source of, unimpeachable authority" an explana- tion of the true facts. The corres- . pondént also throws some new light on the battle off the Falkland Islands and: on other naval matters which have hitherto remained obscure. _ The sinking of the Queen Mary, With 1,550 lives; the Indefatigable, . with 962 lives, and the Invincible, with 968 lives, off Jutland, on May Bl, 1016, has never been explained. 'The Admiralty has remained silent, | was a noticeable feature of of the end of these three mighty bat- tle cruisers. y Various Theories. What actually occurred will never be known with absolute certainty, but the charge of the critics of the Admiralty has always been that the "flash tight doors of the ammunition hoists were at fault, and that explo- sions in the turrets caused by enemy _Bhélls communicated with the maga- zines and resulted in the destruction of the ships. 3 That is one theory, but it is no more presuniptive evidence in favor of an- other. Explosions preceded the sink- but there is very high authority for the belief that the explosions did not Again it must be 'no. pois ami By theory of the cause of pointed out that evidenice exists, t animated by intense zeal and ani- | sity 'and anxiety, the officers res- preparing for. immediate which should have come ts as required for serving | the guns. When the enemy were en- cribed in scathing terms, but these 'remarked, "They were desi bombarding the Belgian for pleasure trips." The submarine classes run from E to R, and there is gaged the turrats were struck and the cordite fired. } Among the experts who accept the theory that the magazines exploded there are those who are convinced that the magazines were reached owing to the inadequacy of Protective deck. This involves another charge, but in common fairness it must be recalled that the Queen Mary, Indefatigable and Invincible, which were designed under Lord Fisher, were the first battle cruisers in the world, just as the Dreadnought was. the first dread- nought. Speed was the main essen- tial, and they were not desigmed to fight in the line at all. Speed the Main Thing. , Lord Fisher summed up his require- ments in the words, "Speed and heavy guns." No cruiser had ever carried 12-inch guns before. At Coronel the Germans overwhelmed our cruisers because they had more modern, homo- geneous batteries, The Good Hope had two 9-inch and 6-ihch guns, but in the early stages of the battle one of the 9.2's was knocked out, and the position was hopeless. The Scharn- horst and Gneisenau had 8%-inch guns. Big gins and speed were ob- tained at the cost of, among other things, heavy deck armor. There were other considerations that weighed in favor of the design. The highest naval authorities con- templated a certain maximum range of action, but the enemy had provided for a gun elevation giving a much longer range. A remarkable and lit- tle known fact is that a shell from the Emden struck the bridge of the Sydney at a range of sixteen miles. The shot wae a lucky one, but it con- veyed a lesson. The value of gun power and speed was demonstrated at the. Falkland Islands. By virtue of the speed of his ships Admiral Sturdee reached his destination in time, and by virtue of his 12m, guns he put down the enemy fleet. There was no element of luck in Admiral Sturdee's achievement. Some day Lord Fisher may be able to tell how he knew of on Spee's plans; bow, on the principle that it id useless to send a tortoise to catch a hare, he told the Admiral to take the Invincible and the Inflexible; and how, with a fine knowledge of the British sailor's superstitions, he ac- celerated the Admiral's departure in order. .to avoid 'sailing. on Friday, November 18. : \ War Longer Than Expected. 'When criticizing much of the new construction of the early' months of war--and nearly all the criticisms have regard to- the construction of . | number mentioned, though 'it was [THE TOMB OF A U-BOAT Patchés of Oil Rising All Around Showed Grave of Submarine. Surprise and a cheery call brought, me, on deck. For part of the "dark hours" . throughout which the drifter had maintained her never- ceasing patrol: of a stretch of sea where, according to the skipper, "you never know what'll happen," I had kept a "watch below," well » ed put quite cosy. If you stayed awake omtdrifter patrol while danger threatened you would never. sleep at all. For danger is your constant shipmate in one form or another. "Would you like to see the grave of a U-boat?" asked the skipper. "Certainly." ; "Right 0!" The wheel spun around {and the drifter, turning to port, | tumbled over-the wave 'crests: one after another until she reached a patch of strangely calm water. "The oil causes that," explained the skipper. "Watch and you'll see it coming up." : Leaning over the drifter's side, I could discern patches of oil rising all around. They came up in quite tiny points, which made big, many-hued circles as they spread widely after reaching the surface. : "She lies there," said the skipper. "0il's been coming up like that for weeks. She must have been chockful of it." . "How did you get her?" "Depth charges." And then came' the story: "A U-boat, newly commissioned, and just started upon a voyage of piracy, had tried to steal past our -drifter septinels in the darkness. But the keen, mever-losing eyes of the night watch "picked her up." Out went the call, and in response to it the hunters encircled their quarry. Vainly she tried to escape them by diving and doubling. Big cylin ders filled with deadly explosive drop- ped from "their decks, torturing th water into a boiling fury on every) hand. This continued until the hun- ters were certain that they had made a "kill." : "Have you got any others?" I asked. " "Yes, there's quite ----lying here- abouts," replied the skipper, indicat- ing with his hand a narrow - stretch of sea. It would bring no consolation to the soul of the Kaiser to learn the big enough to be a fine testimonial to the efficiency of our anti-submarine flotillas. . ---- THE FIRST MAXIM GUN that period=--it must be borne in mind that the War Cabinet issued instruc- | tions to the Admiralty in the belief | that the war would, or could, not last more than a period very much less ° than was generally suggested at the time. Rapidity of construction was imperative, and desgns were adapted and modified in order that this might = be secured. It was only when it be- came apparent that the first estimates of the duration of the war were wrong that new construction entered. upon another phase, and a policy was adopted which had' borne wonderful fruit in the shape of the British navyls overwhelming might. = The German Admiralty knew more than people at 'home, and the future was of a vestige of hope. have been des-' aun lator a EE ty session of the incriminating shooter for coast and not imo shadow of doubt that the vessels in the piet ey. i " oe Li Ba a in uniform," she destitute policeman blamed a small boy who |. 4 ~~ "tived next door, and threatened to | The monitors, or certain classes of visit him with the vengeance of the: these useful vessels, ther The Inventor's First Weapon Was a .. Tin Pea-Shooter. When the late Sir Hiram Steven Maxim was a boy, opposite his par- nets' house in Brooklyn lived a phy- gician who had a pretty servant-girl. 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