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and the news of her sinking shortly thereafter is more than striking. Could the English fleet have planned to land in Germany or Denmark and was thwarted by the unexpected appearance of our deep-sea fleet? The English reports from Jutland mentioned that several of the big merchant ships served as auxiliary cruisers and they are ideal for major transports of troops. It’s not very plausible that K. should be travelling to Russia at a time when he, as the big organiser, would be indispensable in England. But his presence aboard the “Hampshire” would be amply explained in the case of an intended landing in or near Germany. We won’t know the truth before the end of the war, if indeed we will ever know it. We Germans have to be content with the loss, in Kitchener, of one of our main enemies and with having avenged, in the battle of Jutland, our courageous fighters at the Falkland Islands. Captivity is made easier by such news and one is