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TIDE FLOWS STRONGLY
IN FAVOR OF ALLIES
First Lord of Admiralty Balfour Discusses Consequences
of Jutland Battle?German Attempt to Break Brit
ish Blockade Proves Impotence of Navy.
LONDON. August ?The First Lord
of the Admiralty. A. J. Balfour, has
issued a statement for publication, in
I lie eoursc <?? which ho says:
"The second anniversary of the Brit
ish declaration of war provides a tit -
tins opportunity for a brief surve> of
the present naval situation. The con
sequences of the Jutland battle cannot
easily overlooked: an allied diplo
matist assured me that ho considered
i? the turning point of the war.
? T1 o tide, whioli had long ceased to
lu'l'i vHir enemies, beean from that mo
ment to flow strongly in our favor.
This much, at least, is true: that every
week which has passed since the Gor
man fleet was driven into port has seen
new sueoesscs fov tho allies in one part
O! other of The field of operations. It
would be an error, however, to suppose
that the naval victory changed tho
situation. What it did was to con
tirm it.
-Before the Jutland battle, as after.
The German fleet was imprisoned. The
b.tttle u .ts an attempt to break tho
bars and burst the contininjr gates. It
failed, and with its failure tho high
seas licet sank again into Impotence.
