VISCOUNT JELLICOE.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16702, 10 December 1919, Page 8

VISCOUNT JELLICOE.

« — — ! LORD FISHER'S TRIBUTE (FROM orit OWN COIIIIESPOMiirN-T i ! LONDON', October 'J3 | Now that Lord Fisher's refroshinpiy ; breezy and fenrlrss book. "Memories. ' ■ is readv. it- will have n hoM of entlui-.-instic renders. It will probably be a j unique contribution to book* of tlio | dny. Most of it was dictated during | last month, arid one excerpt, which j.« I very apropos in view of .lellicoo's ! ].itvisit to the Dominion, makes in- ! torosting; reading. On IV ember '-Tib. lfMt\ Lord Fisher wrote, from Merkeley sipiare, to a l'riw Councillor: — , "M-- Dear Friend. —I have on immense regard tor .Tollicoe .... Oalla_:han I r.ot where he was —ho wts I a ere it friend of mine—but- .lollicoo was 1 bettor: and Jelliooe. in spile of mutin- • otis threats, was appointed Admiral is-imo on the eve of war. 1 just mention all this to show what I've done for ; .Jellicoe, because I knew him to l>o a ; born commander of a licet! Like poets, Fleet Admirals are Iwn;, not. . made. Xa-cimr non tit! d.ili oo is incomparable .\< the commander of a fleet, hut to prop up nn effete Administration ho allowed himself to lie e.'inled away from bis jrreat post of • dutv. Jellicoe retorted, I hail H^atty—so I had! ... I told the Dardanelles Commission (why thev asked me Id■ >n*t knou-"> ih:it .lelli- ; eoe had all the Nel«.onic attributes exi cept one —he is torallv wantinp in tho | rrcat pift of insubordination. 1 Alns! Jellicne is saturated with discipline! He is ilie one man to command • '■o Fleet, hut ho is not the man to stand uti nea'nM a pack of lawyers, , clothed with Cabinet jrarmenis, and pos- | se«t»d with tongues that have put them I where they are! j "For war. my dear friend, von want ' a totallv ditTe-entlv constituted mind to •'••it- of a statesman and politician! There are creat exemplars of immenso minds- beinrr utter fools! Thev weigh ovorythinc in tho balance! I know "reat' tTion who never to a prompt. I decision—men who could talk a bird out | of a tree! | TTTE ESSEXCF <vp WAR, ! "War is hip conceptions and quirk decisions. Think in oceans. Shoot, at , siHit ! The essence of war is violence. "\f'<rb<rn '"'i >n wr -Piv Ml wo hnvo done in this war is to imitato tho Germans! Wo have neither boon | Nnpolco'ij:. in jfi.l icitv. ii.ir » eaiv.el- , lian in thorom/Hiess, nor Nelsonie in ' execution. Always, always, alwayd. | 'Too late'! i "I cntild finish the present Gcrmnii submarine menace in a few weeks, but J T must have power. Mv plans would Ibo emasculated if T handed thorn in. I ! must be able to say to the men I eni- : nlov: 'If vou don't, do what I tell vou. i T'll make •» ---J . houso a dunghill!!!' (and they know t would!) I "Don't. presTi'ho till you're called in! ; Someone olso might put somolhinp elsti | in the pill."