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Show BERESFORD'S EXPOSE GIVEN TO PUBLIC Admiral Lord Charles Ilcresrord's long oxpected book, "Tho Iletrnyal." reached tho hands or tho London public pub-lic todny In nn nbrldged and amended form, tho rirst edition having been suppressed at the urgent request of tho government. Tho book today how-over, how-over, contains Btntemonts nnd criticisms criti-cisms thnt nro bound to attract attention atten-tion of tho civilized world and to causo grave concern among tho people peo-ple of tho nation who boast a power ful modem navy. It Is the chapter on tho Dreadnought Dread-nought typo of battleship that makes tho extraordinary assertion that tho "Ilrltlsh admiralty havo betrayed their trust" by building theso fighting fight-ing monsters In order to arouso pub lic enthusiasm and direct attention from real conditions In tho British navy and Implies that other nations who believed tho sham nnd havo adopted tho same policy are simply dupes or a clover campaign of adver-tlsemenL adver-tlsemenL Lord Charles declares tho Drond-naught Drond-naught policy was "Introduced to tho public by means of organized system or advertisement In tho pross," and says: "Tho public were and aro hypnotized hypno-tized by tho Dreadnaught policy. The excessive and vulgar advertisement lalshed upon this experimental vessol was by no means JustlHcd. The effect ef-fect of that advertisement not only led the Ilrltlsh public Into a delusion ""' ''l " i.orri which thoy nro still suffering, lml crcfttwl natural Irritation among foreign powers. "In 1000 tho tradition of dignity and ccurtesy hlthoito prevailing in (he service wus rudely violated and Great llrltaln proclaimed herself the bully of tho seas. "Al that the Ilrltlsh admiralty hid achieved wns to push a now design Just In tlmo to cnnblo other nations to profit by Its defects. "To tho building of theso" grat ships, necossnry ns it has becomo has been sacrificed every other naval to-nulrement'men, to-nulrement'men, smnll cruisers, docks nnd stores. Within nn adequate provision pro-vision of these essentials tho battle-fleet battle-fleet Is useless for fighting purposes nnd tho money spent on It Is n present pre-sent to the future enemy. "Hut thu admiralty succeeded In attracting attention to battleships called tho dreadnoughts. That Is the delusion of tho dreadnaught policy. Other essentials do not show. Their need Is known only to naval ofriccvs. The public naturally enough know nothing or them. They trust tho admiralty ad-miralty to provide what Is necessary." neces-sary." Tho reasons for tho absoluto withdrawal with-drawal of tho first edition throush government Intervention for a modi flcotlon and correction or certain portions por-tions ot tho book aro stated on good authority to bo that It contained a statement that In July last England nnd Germany wcro on tho vergo of war and that a chango of, policy in tho admiralty and tho establishment or n war board mado tho criticisms or tho admiralty by Lord Charles, be-cnuso be-cnuso It did not adopt the changes urged by him, untimely. Hut even In tho revised nnd expurgated edition of "Tho Uetrnyal," Lord Charles makes In sweeping terms and without modulation modu-lation ot phrase, a scathing indictment indict-ment of Ilrltlsh naval policy between tho years 1902-9, coupled with sen-satlonal sen-satlonal statements and' charges and personalia ot much Interest. b v "r Don't stop to knock a shoe even though you find yourself running It down. " ' Tho man who tries to blow a shoo horn never makes much noise. Hutton shoes usually "get the hook;" others get laced. ' Santa Clans would make a good "sock liner." A new shoe sometimes Is a stiff proposition. When a man Is down a new pair or shoes will often put him on his fccL |