The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1915. LORD FISHER'S NEW POST.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 11, 11 September 1915, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1915. LORD FISHER'S NEW POST.

I* !•' ' ' , , I No now’s was more welcome m Britain at the end of .Inly, the London Dailyj News states, than the announcement that Lord Fisher had been appointed' Chairman of the Inyentjons Hoard in-, stitiited, by the Admiralty.. Tl)ere,.was no feature of the,*_ recent execptiyet to which Hritaiii, as a wl'ole.j was less reconciled than lie" retired inent of the First Sea Lord, and liisj return to Whitehall in any capacity materially increased pu|dic confidence! in the efficiency of Admiralty admin-, istratioii: On broader grounds the ap-| pointment of the new Hoard is geher-i ally approved. The same paper sidered that, the only (,riticlsm that offered itself was’ that the step should have been taken earlier, because, while) it is no doubt true that the services of. individual scientists and inventors have been at the disposal of the Admiralty, it is quite a different matterj from the advance towards the mohilis-j ation of science .represented by the appointment of the new Board. It is also held that a body such as the miralty has appointed should welcome the unknown inventor with a practical idea no less than the scientist ol distinction to whom specific problems can be presented for solution. There could he no better guarantee than the appointment of Lord Fisher that the traditional discouragement of the unfamiliar will be swept away. He brings to the service of the Inventions Board a mind swift and vigorous and original, and a capacity for the application of science and experience to the art of naval warfare signally vindicated by the record of the battle cruiser in the present war. As to the work ahead, it is opined that the attention of the Inventions Board will doubtless be concentrated from the first on the two problems of submarine warfare and air strategy, both offensive and defensive. In either case invention at the moment has given a clear advantage to the attack. In due course the evolution of engines of defence or counter-attack is certain. But time presses, and the new Hoard may. do much to stimulate and accelerate invention. .From what has been allowed to transpire Lord Fisher’s inventive genius in the destruction of Herman submarine craft has rendered invalu-* able service to the nation and her Allies in the-great struggle to crush the world-enemy. ■ ;