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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14 1901.

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Lord Spencer, who was one of the best First Lords of the Nineteenth Centery, was pleased to be contemptuous towards the sea gall goes. But if they were.KI » contempt,ble why durs the House of Lords, 1, STEWART TERRACE, The take so serious a step as to pisipone ity castomary departure for dinner by nearly

that our opponents will net as cowarde,' been in the Mediterranean a year ago. The defence of Malta, if attacked, will be but from the fact that the Trench, Onedos not require to be a naval and for that matter the English to have expert to. know that neither officers often struck a blow without pervious nor loan can keep every faculty declaration of war. History recordsnumer - the strain fr more than 48 hours

In fact without physical and cus disay when this has been done,

mental wars have begun as often without declara-lapse. Lord Selborne says that storo tions as with them. Jurists are divided in ships, telograph ships, and other kinds of opinion as to the necessity of a provions | ships are all provided for and will be sent declaration to the enemy. This being so is to the different signadrous in time of ward piercing shalls are about to be laund to the it right to run the risk of presenting such Why is there to practice in the use of these Flent, but nothing is said about the murky a temptation to possible enemies as is now ships: Where are they? Do they exist? powder. Mr Arnold Furetor, diameter, de offered by the state of the Mediterranean How will you know whether they will work clares that any indictabent against the Ad- Fleet? The answer to this question: belongs in timo of war in the place and under the miralty on this head must fail. Why? The to the people not to officials. The provent conditions that will prevail after war point of the indiennent which is not Tayorment of France may be succeeded breaks out ? The present Board of Ad met is that our possible enemies do nas voies a couple of days in Itenley wrek tu-

use black powder. because they have pro- the same subject ? by a Chauvinist administration. The mob miralty is leaving all this to chance; and

The speeches of Lard in Franca has far more influence over Go-after the experience of the Boer war it is vidod themselves with smokeless pow. Selborne and Mr Arnold Forster show vernment than in this country. Even strange that the head of the Admiralty der, while the British Admiralty, with that hot hastain being made to atone for Ministerial atterariees are sometimes in should tell the English people that what is the wealth of Britain at its back, inbeglect and to supply the axire pressing spired by the mob. It is, therefore, necessary will be done after war breaks able to precure a commodity obtainable meds of the Mediterranean Fleet. What, necessary in the interests of peace, to take out "The people of Engħad wish to see by France, Russia, and Germany. Sose however, is of graver inspors to the nation, adequate precautions for the prevention of that their heavy insurances against fire are answer ought to bo given to the British Elow can this bo ascertained people. It is uo aus war to say that Ad- a surprise, not against a loyal and friendly effective. French Bliniary but against the mind unless the operations of war are practised miralty officials are working as hard as they possibly can to remedy the defects of black The in time of pezer. of political adventiceis. Mediterranean Fleet is the structure upon

ponyder. What we want is smokeless pov der for our sailors, not political assurances which our national life rests, Al that is

departmental zeal.

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Lord Selborne says that Egypt is not asked is that it chould be ready to strike undefended. At the time Lord Selborne the fast blow not after a delay but at once. spoke the weak Mediterranein Squadron Under prasone Admiralty dispositions sov. was at Gibraltar while the French united

The Admiralty decision that five kinds sal days will be lost while the Admiral is ficct, hoisting 62 pennants, with seven of boiler ara to be tested in various ships

Algeria, picking up his reinforcements. A child Admirals, and 76,000 soltiers-

now building is no doubt a wise decisien

an hour, while the House of Cotouons de-

is the demonstration of the fact that the lessons of the Boer war have not been laid to heart; that the thinking department of the Admiralty is divorced trem power; that amendment of Admiralty methods is unco more dus to a popular deraand and is not dictated by thoughtful appreciation of na. tional needs. Under these circumstances there is no other course to pursue then to continue the agitation. The Mediterranean Fleet should either be strengthened or dis.

can see the difference in a naval war bezain lay between Gibraltar and Egypt, In what arrived at en business principles, but is it bynded, by a successful, perhaps an annihilating sense could Egypt be said to be defended

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How delivered by England, and a war only by the Navy under those circunstances this test of the comparative merits of var begun after delay which will give an equal It was defended by the loyalty of the ious kinds of buiter shoull have been in

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war involves the vitund abandonment of millions on the Belleville and that in funt Pence Society.

placing all their egg in one basket the of Egypt. Loid Sulborne says that any Admiralty have shown & want of ordinary bostile force rash cough to attack Egypt The question of auxiliary ships and chewould find their eause to be hond. Prienes that justifies the criticism it has for and golden-haired ladies and childon, Ask

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It is satisfactory to learn that the respon. were told wrougly. There is nothing sibility for the error in the construction to prove that Lord Selbove and his of the Royal Yacht is to be followed by Board have more knowledge of the fu- consure of the others concerned. It is only ture than had Lord Lansdowne and his regrettable that the principle of individual DR. C H. Uller, prominent

is that these auxiliaries do not exist, and that it is not safe to leave their military experts. The Admiralty's policy responsibility cannot be more widely die. provision until after war has broken out exemplifice the English fault of under-ratingtributed through all the departments of the Thats great nation like England should be one's enemice, We have always done so poklic service. dependent on foreign charity for the gift of in the past, but in xavui war murely it ́is

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