Some Notes Upon a Very Great Man From Our Own Correspondent London, July 13.
The unexpected death of Lord Fisher has produced a remarkable unanimity of opinion as to his ability and as to the services he, rendered to the nation. There is no dissentient voice. The Liberal Party is quite as eulogistic as the Unionist, and yet, perhaps, few men in a way Went, through life stirring up uiore criticism, It is very easy to assess the value of the life work of Lord Fisher to the nation. He re-modelled the British Navy at the time of its transition from the old wooden vessels to the modern steel dreadnoughts as we know them; the was the apostle of the most powerful ships to carry the most cavy artillery; he stood for efficiency in all branches of the Navy, and his plans throughout his whole life were based simply and solely on the coming war with Gerniany which he knew to be inevitable. He did not invent the dreadnought, but he did ensure its construction; perhaps the cruiser was rather his own invention and its utility to the Navy was never more strikingly witness ed than in the late spr.
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