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Show WHEN THE BATTLESHIPS MEET. Well, at latt the great fleets arc to meet and the British and German 6ea forces are to give the world the mighty naval battle which was promised prom-ised at the beginning of the clash of arms Today's dispatches from London Lon-don report that Captain Scott." In charge of a Belgian relief steamer met a German fleet in the North sea numbering no less than 68 warships The exact point where the great squadron was sighted is not disclosed but if Scott's ship was returning from Belgium, the Germans must have been very' close to Euglish waters. This announcement agrees" with a statement from Berlin the first of the week that the Kaiser's battleships had been cruising in the North Sea without sighting the enemy Where Is the British fleet0 Our nnininn ic fhnt 1hr hi" chinu are sequestered in English harbors, with only smaller vessels on patrol, in order to avoid submarine attacks he guard ships by this time have given the alarm and we may expect to hear of the British advancing to meet the Germans. Submarines should play a ery im portant part in the naval struggle While the big ships are exchanging shots, the undersea craft will have an opportunity to maneuer. although the torpedo boat destroyers are supposed sup-posed to take care of them When the battle is fought, the outcome, out-come, it decisive, will have a great bearing on the outcome of the war. Should the Germans win, the blow would be a staggering one for Great Britain, while If the Kaiser's ships were destroyed, the disaster would be severe, though not as overwhelming as a British defeat. |