10 NOVEMBER 1906, Page 3

We are glad to note signs that the public is

becoming awakened to the need of a wise vigilance in regard to Admiralty administration, and that some at any rate of the Opposition leaders are awakening to the fact that it is their duty to challenge the action of the Government and insist on a full explanation of the Admiralty policy. We may note here that we intend next Saturday to publish the first of a series of articles on "The State of the Navy" in the form of letters addressed to us by one who has an intimate knowledge of the Fleet and of naval administration. The essential object of the letters in question will be to demand an inquiry into our naval policy, and to consider, before we are further committed, where the naval policy of the present Board of Admiralty is leading us.