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NAVAL COMMANDER SUES EDITOR. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON, May 18. Captain Thomas Webster Kemp, formerly commander of the battleship London, has sued Mr Lionel Yexley, editor of the periodical “The Fleet” for libel. 1 Captain. Kemp’s counsel stated that the paper appealed to the lower deck and solicited from the crow criticisms of their superior officers. Au article on the battleship London likened the conditions aboard to the swashbuckling at Za.bern. Captain Kemp, in his evidence denied that the vessel was seething with discontent. He admitted that ho had not been reappointed to the command of the London when the vessel was recommissioned. The further hearing of the case was adjourned.
Captain Kemp lias recently been senior naval officer im the Persian Gulf. Ho entered the Navy in 1880. Mr Yexley was at one time in. the Navy, but resigned in 1898 to take up journalism amd to fight the vicious system of victualling the Navy and running naval canteens. He has published several books on naval matters.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8737, 20 May 1914, Page 7
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170ALLEGED LIBEL New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8737, 20 May 1914, Page 7
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