Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-06-02 | Page 4 | Great Naval Battle of History

GREAT NAVAL BATTLE OF HISTORY. Great Britain's naval fleet In the North Sea has been defeated. The blow conveys tho most shocking news tho Allies havo received. Whatever Germany did on land, there always was the consoling thought that In tho end Great Britain could dictate terms by reason of its overwhelming sea power This naval engagement, while not a decisive battle, bat-tle, throws doubt on Groat. Britain's naval superiority. Tho sinking of supordreadnoughts of the Queen Mary and Wars pi te class reduces England's naval strength and brings up tho question: Can tho Gormans repeat the disaster and finally gain a mastery of tho ocean? Details of the fight are not available avail-able owing to the British censorship which held up the news since the morning of June 1. If further particulars particu-lars do not give a brighter aspect to Great Britain's side; If It be shown that in an evenly matched conflict the British lost; that neither mlno fields nor submarines did the destructive de-structive work, but that German guns and German gunners outranged, out-shot out-shot and outfought the men of Great Britain, then the war will begin to look very much as a German victory with tho coming of tho day when Germany will rule the world.