19 MAY 1917, Page 3

We do not wish to be hypercritical, but, looking at

the Admiralty changes generally, we are bound to point out that what matters is not so much the soundness of the principles in the abstract as the manner of their application and the men who will apply them. All depends upon that. If the men on the Naval Staff are the right men, all will be well. If they are not the right men, a system straight from HeaVen would not help us.