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Died. Admiral Reinhold Scheer, 65, commander of the German Imperial High Seas Fleet at the Battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916; of heart disease; in Marktred-witz, Germany. Famed -British Admiral Earl Beatty, whose battle cruisers met Scheer at Jutland, wrote to the London Daily Express: "He was a great sailor and a bold and skillful tactician...
...virtual defeat of the British Navy was a tragedy is aptly summarized: It increased German morale, made possible submarine warfare, left the all-important Baltic Sea a "German Lake," permitted Admiral Scheer's Fleet considerable liberty...
...preposterous, at least gives a point of view that is widely held in Germany. Profs. Carlton J. H. Hayes of Columbia and Charles Seymour of Yale give their academic sidelights on Armageddon; and the War subject is rounded off by naval expositions from Admirals von Tirpitz, von Scheer, Jellicoe and Sims -two German, one 'British and one American...
Recent events show that the battleship's usefulness has passed its maximum point. A serious inquiry on the advisability of continuing the construction of mammoth cruisers has been made by the British Council of imperial Defense. Admiral von Scheer, who commanded the German fleet at Jutland, has expressed the view of the Fatherland that the surrender of its surface vessels contains little excuse for regret. Secretary Daniels has ordered for the near future a definite test of the battleship's vulnerability which may have an important effect in determining our naval policy. Public opinion everywhere seems adverse to pursuing...