The thought uppermost in everybody's mind in regard to the British Navy at the present time, especially since the last submarine attack is that its officers and men must be experiencing a very nerve-racking time. It is, therefore, very comforting to learn from the naval correspondent of "The Times," who has been privileged to see many letters and post cards sent home from the North Sea, that the waiting game the Navy is playing shows no of telling on the health and spirits of its personnel. On the} contrary, the letters bear witness to surprising cheerfulness and steadiness, Blockading work 'n modern times is, of course, very different from what it was in the old days when all sorts of amusements could be organized to relieve monotony. On the other hand, the daily routine of a modern battleship finds plenty of occupation for all and much can and, no doubt, is being done to give every man his necessary and Proper share of relaxation. The nerves of the Navy were uncommonly sound to begin with and we canal to a good many submarine at-may be quite sure that they are
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