3 AUGUST 1907, Page 2

With Mr. Robertson's resentment against those who have charged the

Admiralty with stinginess we can sympathise. For ourselves, we have never thought or said that too little money was being spent, but we have the gravest doubts whether the present expenditure is laid out to the greatest advantage owing to lack of sound policy, which we need not define again. The inquiry which We ask for is on this point, and would have nothing to do with the alleged cheese-pairing. We must also add that the defence put forward by Mr. Robertson in regard to repairs leaves us unconvinced. We cannot see that he effectively answered the allegations of the Standard in this respect. He certainly did not meet the criticisms made in our columns by " Civis."