The National Review, Volume 54W.H. Allen, 1910 - English literature |
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Page 11
... duty to represent the matter to the Admiralty . Vainly had he endea- voured to secure a serious plan of campaign , or to induce the Admiralty to realise the deficiencies . Correspondence had con- tinued up to December 1908 , and on the ...
... duty to represent the matter to the Admiralty . Vainly had he endea- voured to secure a serious plan of campaign , or to induce the Admiralty to realise the deficiencies . Correspondence had con- tinued up to December 1908 , and on the ...
Page 18
... Admiralty alone must devolve all responsi- bility for strategic plans , allocation of fleets , and numbers of vessels employed . But while " the authority of the Admiralty must be paramount . . . it is the duty 18 THE NATIONAL REVIEW.
... Admiralty alone must devolve all responsi- bility for strategic plans , allocation of fleets , and numbers of vessels employed . But while " the authority of the Admiralty must be paramount . . . it is the duty 18 THE NATIONAL REVIEW.
Page 19
... duty . " The Organiser of Disaster We can assure our readers that it has been no satisfaction to us to have been compelled of late years to attack the Admiralty . Quite the contrary . We hailed the advent of Sir John Fisher in Whitehall ...
... duty . " The Organiser of Disaster We can assure our readers that it has been no satisfaction to us to have been compelled of late years to attack the Admiralty . Quite the contrary . We hailed the advent of Sir John Fisher in Whitehall ...
Page 24
... silenced by swagger about the overwhelming might of the British Navy , and the public were informed that their sole duty was " to sleep quietly in their beds , " in full confidence in a competent , 24 THE NATIONAL REVIEW.
... silenced by swagger about the overwhelming might of the British Navy , and the public were informed that their sole duty was " to sleep quietly in their beds , " in full confidence in a competent , 24 THE NATIONAL REVIEW.
Page 35
... sham and a fraud , but a real second Chamber , prepared to do its duty by securing the nation an opportunity of The Dread of Dissolution pronouncing judgment on the preposterous projects of a Govern- ment EPISODES OF THE MONTH 35.
... sham and a fraud , but a real second Chamber , prepared to do its duty by securing the nation an opportunity of The Dread of Dissolution pronouncing judgment on the preposterous projects of a Govern- ment EPISODES OF THE MONTH 35.
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