London, Apr. 4.
To anyone familiar with ways of courts-martial," comments the "Daily Telegraph," "the verdict passed on Commander Daniel was almost a foregone conclusion. The charges were bound to ye narrowly framed in accordance with Regula~ tions, which discourage to the utmost all acts in prejudice to dis-breath of life.
But such gulations ini cases, Public opinion will demand, when the courts-martial have ended, that the Admiralty pass under review the incidents which have east 'a shadow on the Service, The Royal Oak incidents were ridiculously small to serve as the foundation of one of the most humiliating quarrels in the Navy in many years. The bund incident, whatever the precise facts, would be disgraceful anywhere. Whatever phrases were used by the Admiral about the band and the band-master, they do not reflect credit on the person who uttered ther The "Daily News
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