The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-23
Fisher Is Great Britair's
Toughest Old Sea Dog
By HERBERT COREY.

IouuOh, jan, Zj.--lOlu NhuTlc~
Beresford discussed the sinking ~
the Formidable the other day. He
said that this magnificent warship
had been sacrificed by the stupidity
Of the English admiralty. He de
clared that she should not have been
trusted In submarncinfcsted waters
without an escort Of dcstroycrs to
guard her
Maybe he was right Maybe he
was wrong In any event 1t is an
other proof of the great gulf that Is
fixed between Bcrcsfoul and "Jncky
Fisher, the first sea lord They ucy
or did agree on anything There IS
probably no topic In this world there
Is no small, modest, iupou~picuous
part Of any topic ON which these
two great men cannot disagree II Is
not merely that they dctcsl each 9th
cr. They cannot think alike And
yet both men have been NJ tremou
dous value to the British navy
Here IL Just u sample uj the Beres
ford. Fisher inability ~ hurmonize,
nereSlord believes lhai submarines ,
will ultimately drive the dread
hought from the seas. Ihey VIII ar
least greatly limit the effective field
Of the greater ships hr holds lie
PuniiSileu lr'l'I /" 'N"I "II''l IhN'
SPllnB o''I Nh',n Il tremendous ro"
Wy no" WAS I"'N'u. ! ''h'I o"r7h !
'h'nN 'I"' way N' "'.. N"'' man iU'l
"rhhpS because hr'',I"Id InN"F~
summarizes lHll'i lhl'h' Ihey are
'"nuiiiaiN h'll'''l ANu "II"IgiNan''
'"','r''anc'N' Nh"I''l 'I''I h' h"d
,r'''eu l" Nnal h'sh' nave htrh
me ~ ease. u ease were p"~'lhIr iOI
nun, ne "i"u' MS poNlIi"h NI"Nh
~ lhere ever is war siilu me-
hi'u ulll III II POSITION "l I'Npoh7l
p'I''y' ana my 7Iips are attacked 10y
" submarine ana we capture the crew
W ''lal Suplhariic u hhug every
"olhlleu ulhh "l II Irom tue lnId.
"run' ..
Wen theres war ana hr is "a
pn7lll"h OF Pesp"hSlhllll' lur
wonders II flsher would make good
OH 'hhl promise II the opportunity
came
Tie Is Not Popular,
brchuse Fisher always has mad"
good on promises, lie is hard
MAN lie Is Il man of steel ANA steam
Ivy no Sttetch OF the Imagination can
hr be considered popular man ln
the navy lie ls not even liked not
10 say well liked. And yet Il chorus
"t genuine thankfulness went up In
England ana IN the navy when It
was announced that Prince Louis Of
hhtlehbnrg had resigned his position
as tlrst sea lord ana 'Jacky Fisher
hHu taken MS place. Because Batten
burg was mt best only naturalized
brli0l' VINO had married into royal
ramlly ana JOO' lie had been an
excellent offi'er--almost good enough
perhaps to deserve that job even
without the marriage lines But
'"'Nl rlS'er Is one oI the great
! men vi hll hges' lie mas done more
Tor the hrltish navy, perhaps, than
any "ther man OF the century
hieIeh years ago Fisher went To
Nh'lehaIl Tor ihe rrSt time MS first
sen lord. Ihe hritish navy was then
huS'N' ury ana rule ridden. English.
men WIZ h"t IKE to read thut state
meht Ihey dldht IKE II even IN
lHo4' when flSher made IT, rhrt OF
the navy was possibly better than an
equal section OF any other navy. The
remainder ot II was Impossible. The
navy hau heth run ny s"ns.lh.lhW
dods' ana doderers. The admiralty
was Il nrydo'k III which needy rrlh
ives drew large salaries. Fisher
blew ihrm up ana ont lie got rld OF
the WrlEbred' well'connected hop"
less h'nmpetrnts. In three months
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