ORGANISING A NAVY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 16, 4 September 1911, Page 8

ORGANISING A NAVY.

WORK FOR BRITISH ADMIRAL. ■Roar-Admiral Lionel Tufnell, of the British Royal Navy, lias been selected by King George, at-the request of his uncle;- the King of Greece, to unde) take the direction of the organisation of the Hellenic Navy, and has just, left for Athens, where he expects to remain for the next three or four years.. Admiral Tufnell, who has won a name for himself in connection with wireless telegraphy, signal worlc, and, last but not least, homing pigeon service, lias an extremely difficult, task before him; one which will tax all the tact and diplomacy of which ho has given evidence in times past as naval attache. For * the democracy of the people of Greece takes the form, in her army and navy, of the grossest kind of indiscipline and insubordination. In fact, the spirit of mutiny is rife all the time, and obedience to superior officers, as well as the grant of the customary tokens of regard and respect, are almost entirely unknown. Indeed, ,whpt with the material at. his disposal, both as regards officers and men in the navy and with the perpetual monetary difficulties of the Greek Government, it is doubtful in the extreme, whether he will succeed in accomplishing anything.