NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE Navy will begin the New Year under a new chief. Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, who has been First Sea Lord since November, 1916, hat been replaced by Vice-Admiral Sir Rosalyn Wemyss, who has been acting for some months as his deputy. Admiral Janice° earned the respect and gratitude of the nation during his long command of the Grand Fleet from the outbreak of war, and he was robbed of a decisive victory at Jutland only by sheer bad luck in the shape of a sea-fog. His successor, Vice- Admiral Wemyss, attracted public attention by his excellent work at Gallipoli, where the Navy, at any rate, made no mistakes in carrying out its orders, but achieved the seemingly impossible in landing the armies, in supplying them, and in withdrawing them without loss.
