The causes and meaning of the great war . lies betweenthe allied countries. It made the Channel, fortymiles in breadth, a ferry across which day andnight were conveyed troops and supplies to France,without the loss from enemy attacks of a man, avessel, or a pound of food or munitions in overfour years. In fact, perhaps it is not too much tosay that the greatest force in bringing about fail-ure of the Teutonic Powers was the British greatest 117. The Naval Battle of Jutland Ends in Victoryof all history f°r tne British Grand Fleet (May 31, 1916).—Itwas nearly two years before the Germa
The causes and meaning of the great war . lies betweenthe allied countries. It made the Channel, fortymiles in breadth, a ferry across which day andnight were conveyed troops and supplies to France,without the loss from enemy attacks of a man, avessel, or a pound of food or munitions in overfour years. In fact, perhaps it is not too much tosay that the greatest force in bringing about fail-ure of the Teutonic Powers was the British greatest 117. The Naval Battle of Jutland Ends in Victoryof all history f°r tne British Grand Fleet (May 31, 1916).—Itwas nearly two years before the German navy ven-tured out of Kiel Harbor for battle. When finallyit did appear on May 31, 1916, from the standpointof tonnage and armament the greatest naval bat-tle of all history was fought. The action took placeoff the coast of Jutland, the peninsula of Den-mark. Taking advantage of a fog, Admiral vonScheer, who was in command of the German high-seas fleet, slipped out of Kiel Harbor on thatday, and was met by the English battle-cruiser. ADMIRAL JELLICOE 92 THE CAUSES AND MEANING OF squadron, under the command of Admiral Beatty,who was reinforced later by the British grandfleet, under the command of Admiral The Germans claimed victory, but they suffered fleeTruns defeat, for their fleet withdrew under cover of theaway darkness to its hiding-place, and left the British supremacy of the seas unbroken. Never again dur-ing the remaining years of the Great War did theGerman high-seas fleet venture out into the opensea to engage the British grand fleet. CHAPTER XOUR COUNTRY ENTERS THE WAR The reason n8. President Wilsons Proclamation of Neutral- wnsons ent ity-—Shortly after the outbreak of the great conflictproclamation jn -j-,he summer of 1914, President Wilson issued aproclamation in which he advised all American citi-zens to act and speak in the true spirit of im-partiality and friendliness to all concerned. Thisposition he took because the United States had al-wa
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