THE BRITISH NAVY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 170, 9 July 1908, Page 2

THE BRITISH NAVY.

FRICTION BETWEEN ADMIRALS. A STRANGE OCCURRENCE. London, July 7. A correspondent has furnished to tue Tunes an account of a strange occurence iu connection with the Operations of the Channel Elect last week. Admiral Ecicsfurd, he states, signallew to the cruisers Good hope and Ai gyll to perforin an evolution, wnicit, It carried out, would i, UV c brought - the vessels into collision. The Argyll übcyed the signal, mil Admiral Percy Scott, aboard the Good Hope, signalled thai he doubled the accuracy of the signal aim refrained from obeying it. Many of the newspapers advise the Admiralty to take decisive, action !e l>ut an end to the troubles between Admiral Beresford and other navai j authorities. A DRASTIC REMEDY URGED. ADMIRALS IN CONFLICT. Received Olh, 12.40 a.m. London, July 8. The Times says that unless Mr. R. MeKenna, First Lord of the Admiralty, is able to assure the House that tlv; naval discussion was greatly Macerated and that there is no disunion in the navy, he is bound to apply a drastic remedy, regardless of individual or personal susceptibilities; in other words, Lord Beresford must" submit or resign. His paramount duty was to act as a shining example 6V discipline and subordination to constituted authority.