There are very many more of them now and their range is one hundred miles, or even two hundred, at sea.
The public is becoming very restive with its half information, and it is more and more loudly demanding all the facts.

There are already angry threats to change the personnel of the Admiralty; there is even talk of turning out the Government.

"We must have results, we must have results." I hear confidentially that Jellicoe has threatened to resign unless the Salonica expedition is brought back: to feed and equip that force requires too many ships.
And there are other troubles impending.

Norway has lost so many of her ships that she dare not send what are left to sea.

Unarmed they'll all perish.