Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-04 | Page 5 | Admiral Beatty Denounces the German Navy

! ADMIRAL BEATTY DENOUNCES THE GERM NAVY LONDON. Dec. 3 (British Wireless Sorviee) A scathing denunciation of the porsonnol of the German navy was I made by Admiral Sir David Bcatty, commander-in-chief of the British grand fleet, In a speech addressed to a gathering of representatives of the first battle cruiser squadron, on board the battle cruiser Lion, prior to its departure for the Scapa, as an escort to the surrendered ships of the Ger-fan Ger-fan high seas fleet. "Wc had expected them," said Admiral Ad-miral Beatly, "to have the courage that Ave looked for from those whoso work lies upon the great waters and I am sure that the sidca of this gallant gal-lant old ship, which have boon well hammered In the past must havo ached as I ached and you ached,' to glvo them another taste of what we had Intended In-tended for them. "Their humiliating ond was tho proper end. for an enemy who has proved so lacking in chivalry. At sea his strategy, his tactics and his behavior be-havior have been boneath contempt and worthy of a nation whiqh has waged war In the manner In which the enemy has waged war. "We know that the Brilish sailor has a large heart and a short memory. Try to harden the heart and lengthen tho memory and remember that the enemy which you are looking after is a despicable beast, neither moro nor loss. Ho is not worthy tho sacrifice of the life of one bluo jacket In tho grand fleet, and that is the one bright spot In the fact that ho did not come out."