After visiting my fleet, which returned victoriously from a heavy battle, I feel I must again declare to you my imperial thanks for what you have performed in my service in the technical domain and the domain of organization. Our ships and weapons upheld themselves brilliantly in the battle in the North Sea. It is also for you a day of glory. THE GERMAN EMPEROR _to_ GRAND ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ. _June, 1916._ Before the Battle of Jutland Von Tirpitz retired from his post as Minister of the Navy on the ground of ill health. He is credited with being responsible for the submarine policy of ruthlessness which the German Government were forced to moderate on account of President Wilson's firm attitude in the Sussex episode. [Illustration] "_We Had Almost Beaten the Boy When His Father Arrived and Then We Had to Run for Our Lives._" * * * * * The Germans were driven back into their ports without so much as making an effort to grapple with the main body of our Grand Fleet, and had the temerity to claim what really was a rout as a complete victory. A couple more such victories and there will be nothing left of the German Navy worth speaking about. The truth is slowly leaking out, and its full extent is not yet realized or appreciated. Our command of the seas, so far from being impaired, has been more firmly and unshakably established. H. H. ASQUITH, _British Prime Minister._ [Illustration] _DER TAG_ _Thank God, "the Day" is over_ * * * * * First--It was admitted that "the small cruiser _Wiesbaden_ was sunk" and that the _Pommern_--the character of that ship not being mentioned--had also been destroyed; the light cruiser _Frauenlob_ was "missing," with "some torpedo boats." The rest of the High Seas Fleet, it was declared, "had returned to our harbors." Second--It had to be confessed that the light cruiser _Elbing_ had been sunk. Third--A statement was issued to the effect that "one battle cruiser, (the _Lützow_,) one ship of the line of older construction, (the _Pommern_,) four smaller cruisers," (the _Wiesbaden_, _Elbing_, _Frauenlob_, and _Rostock_,) and "five torpedo boats" (really destroyers) represented "the total loss." Fourth--It is now known that the battle cruiser _Seydlitz_ was run ashore to save her from sinking. It is asserted by travelers who have returned to Amsterdam that the battle cruiser _Derfflinger_ sank "on being towed into Wilhelmshaven," and it is reported from Copenhagen that the _Pommern_ was not the battleship which was torpedoed in the Baltic by a British submarine in July last, but a new battle cruiser which was named after the German State, thus perpetuating its association with the navy. The story of the sinking of the dreadnought battleship _Ostfriesland_ awaits confirmation. ARCHIBALD HURD _in the London Daily Telegraph._ [Illustration]