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Show FI5KE SiLEKCED BY SECRETARY OIIELS NKW YORK, March 2S. "Kear A.lmi-ral A.lmi-ral Bradley A. Fiske, U. S. X., rotiv.'d, who had been expected to spefik on "The Mind of the Navy," before the New York Electrical soivty tonight, was unable to deliver his address bo-cause bo-cause Secretary of the Navy Daniels withheld his permission, it, was announced an-nounced by George II. Guy, secretary of tlie society. Secretary Daniels recently sent a note to Admiral Viskc directing him not to make public speeches without special permission. Mr. Guy said he made a personal appeal' to Secretory Daniels, who expressed'sympathy at i tie predicament predica-ment ot the society, hut said he did not feel he could change his ruling in respect to Admiral Fiske. Mr. Guy left, with the secretary a copy .of the speech the admiral intended to deliver, with the request that it he censored by some one in the navy department. Mr. Daniels relained the speech and said he wouid look it over. Mr. Guy sasd. Secretary Daniels returned the speech this morn ing, accord ing to Mr. ( in v, with a note saving the rule relatinir to Admiral Kiske still held. Mr. Guy then called Washington on the telephone and told tlie navy department he had read in the newspapers that Admiral T-'i:4:c had spoken here last night. He was informed, in-formed, he declared, that the address of Admiral Kiske, which was delivered at a meeting arranged by the Navy League of the United States, had been without the knowledge or permission of the navy department, although it hail been announced an-nounced that the speech had been approved ap-proved by Secretary Daniels. Mr. Guy said he then made inquiries in this city, and found that Admiral Kiske spoke last night, ''through a mis-tinders mis-tinders landing by someone, as to the , meaning of a communication from Washington denying him permission to speak." In his address at the Na vy league meeting Admiral Kiske declared there was at least an even chance that Germany Ger-many would be victorious in til war, and that she might be able to dictate terms of peace, which would permit her to send her fleet to this side of the Atlantic. At-lantic. Kear Admiral "Robert K. Peary urged I the eestablishment of a ciTaate department depart-ment of aeronautics, independent of the larmv and navy, in charge of a man with la seat in the president's cabinet. Kor 1 his post he proposed either Theodore I Roosevelt or Maior (Jenoral George "W. Goethais. |