BEATTY AND WEMYSS.
FIRST SEA LORDSHIP. HOW PLANS FELL THROUGH. LONDON, March 11. Referring to the official denials that Admiral Sir David Beatty will replace Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss as First Sea Lord, the "Evening Standard" states that it was thought that the commander of the Grand Fleet (Admiral Beatty) embodying the navy's actual lighting experience, should take charge at Whitehall the moment he could be spared from sea duties. Accordingly it was arranged with Admiral Wemyss's consent thai Admiral Beatty should come lo the Admiralty, Admiral Wemyss getting the cominandership of the Mediterranean forces and Malta. The military interests objected to a seaman getting a post which had hitherto been the army perquisite, and thus the arrangement fell through. The "Evening Standard" complains that Admiral Beatty was placed in an invidious and humiliating position, after definite acceptance, because no billet was available for Admiral Wemyss.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 72, 25 March 1919, Page 5
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