. Review of reviews and world's work. that, no matter where or howwar broke out, the commander-in-chief would have beenready for all eventualities. A naval officer of high rank, whose name is a house-hold word, recently said, Jack Fishers advent at theadmiralty should delight the heart of the nation if theyreally knew what it means for efficiency. As first sea-lord, Sir John Fisher will be ready for anystorm, and the public will soon discover more interestin the admiralty than has been shown since efficiency will be required, not approved, bythe admiralty; useless squadrons o
. Review of reviews and world's work. that, no matter where or howwar broke out, the commander-in-chief would have beenready for all eventualities. A naval officer of high rank, whose name is a house-hold word, recently said, Jack Fishers advent at theadmiralty should delight the heart of the nation if theyreally knew what it means for efficiency. As first sea-lord, Sir John Fisher will be ready for anystorm, and the public will soon discover more interestin the admiralty than has been shown since efficiency will be required, not approved, bythe admiralty; useless squadrons on distant stationswill be withdrawn ; the naval force of Britain will beconcentrated. Sir John Fisher dislikes maritime alli-ances,—you cannot shoot a friendly admiral for igno- rance or negligence. He considers that Britain, to besafe, must rely on her own right arm, and that the rightarm, being the navy, should govern imperial the navy is the right arm of Britannia, John Axbuth-not Fisher is the right arm of the ADMIRAL SIR JOHN FISHER. LAFCADIO HEARN ON TOKIO IN WAR TIME. A LETTER from Lafcadio Hearn, dated atTokio on August 1, but a few weeks be-fore his death, is printed in the Atlantic Monthlyfor November. Mr. Hearn describes the calmand self:control of the Japanese capital in themidst of wars alarms. To the inexperiencedobservation, he declares, there is no excitementand scarcely any unusual interest. There isnothing whatever to indicate a condition ofanxiety or depression. On the contrary, one is astonished by the joyoustone of public confidence and the admirably restrainedpride of the nation in its victories. Western tides havestrewn the coast with Japanese corpses; regimentshave been blown out of existence in the storming ofpositions defended by wire entanglements; battleshipshave been lost; yet at no moment has there been theleast public excitement. The people arc following t heirdaily occupations just as they did before the war ; thecheerj aspect
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