New-York tribune., 1910-11-27
LORD FISHER ''CORNERED''
British Admiral Talks Freely in
''Press Gang Encounter"
WARSHIPS MUST BE BIGGER
Sailing for Home, He Declares
Coming Thing VIII Be Oil
Combustion Engine.

When Lord Fisher of Kllverstone. ad-
rairal OF the fleet, left Liverpool two weeks
ago on the White Star liner Baltic he was
warned by his friends to say nothing 10
the ship news reporters on arrival. He
conffded TO a friend on board that the in
junction and the coming encounter with the
press gang worried him. and he wanted
to find a way out of ii.
By way of compromise he told the news
paper men Sunday that If they would ex-
cuse him he would talk when he was ready
to return to England
Lord Fisher kept his word He talked
yesterday on a variety Of subjects, rang
ing in Importance from nickel-in-the-slot
machines and spirit controls TO the future
Of the oil combustion engine as a motive
power at sea
He had been to Philadelphia where he
attended the marriage of his son. the Hon
Cecil Vavasseur Fisher. TO Miss Jane Nor
gan. He did not hesitate TO say that be
liked the city. and could not understand
why il was called a "slow town
The head of the British navy threw ODen
the doors of his suite on the Baltic yester-
day an hour before departure, and invited
a score of reporters 20 come in When the
suite was packed 10 capacity Lord Fisher
stood in a corner and laughed heartily
Well this looks like bombardmeHt" he
said. Are there any more outside who
would like to come fn2 Photographers
you say? They want me TO come out and
pose? Oh. very well. III go out but
want you people to stand around me when
the picture is taken so I can show the
felix's at home what I have been through
New, what is 1t you wish me te talk off"
You might give a starter word
about your impressions Of America" sug-
gested a reporter.
"A word repeated the admiral yes.
can sum it up IN word That word IS
hustle I hardly had time TO do anything
| barely time TO eat and drink have been
on the go ever since I landed. and every
place I've been and every person I've met
seemed also to be on the 60 Most of my
time has been spent in Philadelphia
a slow town." broke in voice from the
crowd of visitors.
We did not find It So said the Hon.
Mrs Beatrice Neeld, a member of Lord
Fishers party
The man who is an authority on the
| mighty mechanism of the modern first class
! battleship made no comment on PhiladeI-
phia, but singled out a slot machine upon
which to bestow his admiration.
T saw most remarkable thing in this
/ city" he said. 1T was up at the new
/ Pennsylvania station. Look at this" he
/ continued. taking from his valiSe small
pasteboard cup. IT deposited a coin in the
/ slot for q glass of water and out came this
remarkable paper cup Wonderful I put a
| coin in one OF the telephone booths. and in
/ stantIy the door disappeared. I don't know
/ where 1T went did not see II again until
| I was through talking and had left TIE
/ booth.
That PENNSYLVANIA station is a remark
/ able example of symmetry II is one Of the
/ most interesting things I have seen Il
beggars description 7 could hardly believe
! that it is higher than St Peters IN Rome
| I would look at some part OF the structure
and think 1t about foot high, only TO find
| that ii was really six feet high Here YOU
! young men are interviewing me- and have
/ 10 tell you what you have in your owr
| city
| What can you tell US of battleships?'
! ''Battleships will have TO be bigger was
/ the admiraPs only comment; ,....,o-t,t,
FIorida?'' . -
many of them that there IS no noVei'y I'i
What do I know of oil fueI2 Well. I'm
not IN the oil business You can't tell "htte
people would think if 7 waxed euthusiastlc
over oil. The coming thing N navlsarion
however, is the motor engine Ihere IS
9. 9.OOO-ton vessel building now that VIII use
an oil combustion engine" The admiral
referred to the new ship which the Ham
burg-American Line is building
THE country that takes hold OF this en-
gt1e first viii sweep the board commercial
w" he continued ''It VIII be the COM
mercial vessels that will take up this en-
CINE first. See the great cargo space that
is saved. Yes. and the crews, TOO. With
this propulsion you will have a crew OF
seventy instead of three hundred and fifty
men"
Asked what he thought OF the aeroplane
as an agent Of warfare Lord Fisher said:
THE aeroplane will do away with small
ships in the matter of reconnaissance, dis
patch work and that sort of thing
Lord Fisher said he was charmed with
tba American women. Some one gave me
a bunch OF American Beauty roses he
said. and I think they are symbolicaI Of
the American women" He volunteered the
information that he had met Woodrow VIII
son at dinner in Philadelphia and consid-
cred him very fine fellow
You seem TO know over here the result
of elections a year In advance, he con-
tinued Mr. Wilson IS 10 be your next
President. is ne not? Do you know. he told
me the best story ever heard No; shall
not repeat il. because it might be copy
righted-'
Asked if he had commented on the Pan
ANA Canal as he was quoted by certain
American correspondent IN London recently,
Lord Fisher said: He probably got that
from Julia She is one of the spirits with
v-hOrr1 he corVerseS