MOVEMENT TO RECALL LORD FISHER
"AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER.**
f, (Australian md NZ. Oablo Awoiiatirin »' f , LONDON, FA/. .17.* j Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux, ing his constituents at Portsmoutß, i - e-« ferred to the anovement to bring ibakJkjj; \ Lord Fisher to deal with the menace. He declared that if Lord v sFish-;.* er had wanted to stop the Dard4i\eßes expedition he could have done *so /by j threatening to resign. Sir Hedworth Meux said he knew what ! the feeling of the Grand' Fleet -was, and it would >he an absolute disaster to the Navy if Lord Fisher were brought back. People disliked Lord Fisher's society because he went about boasting of the number of officers he had ruined. It was necessary to stay these things, aa otherwise intrigue would continue to s . centre round Lord,! Fisher.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 19 February 1917, Page 5
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