LORD BERESFORD AND ADMIRAL SCOTT.
"QUITE RIGHT TO DISOBEY."
Received July 9, 9.3 a.m. LONDON, July 8. The "Standard" states that Lord Beresford enquired why Sir Percy Scott had disobeyed his signal, and was informed that it might have been dangerous to have carried out the order. Lord Beresford then signalled, "Quite correct to disobey." It is generally hoped that this incident will lead to reconciliation between the Admirals and terminate a naval scandal.
A cablegram yesterday morning stated that a correspondent had furnished the London "Times" with an account of a strange event alleged to have occurred in connection with the operations of the Channel Fleet last week. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, Commander-in-Chief, signalled the cruisers Good Hope and Argyll to perform an evolution which, if it har 1 been obeyed, would (the correspondent states) have brought the vessels into collision. The Argyll (Captain Reginald Allenby) obeyed the signal, but Admiral Sir Percy Scott, aboard the Good Hope, signalled doubts regarding the accuracy of the signal, and refrained from obeying it.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9138, 10 July 1908, Page 5
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172LORD BERESFORD AND ADMIRAL SCOTT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9138, 10 July 1908, Page 5
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