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Show UlEi L TIE .Hii I I Present Admiralty Changes Are Denounced as Procras-tinatory Procras-tinatory Half Measures. i NEED FIGHTING SPIRIT I i Services of Burney in Second; Command Recognized and No Incapacity Charged. LONDON, Aug. 7. The changes In the British admiralty are attracting much attention and are interpreted as , the first step in a 'reorganization which It is supposed Sir Eric Campbell i Geddes. first lord -of the admiralty, was appointed to carry out. In quarters where the existing admiralty ad-miralty methods are regarded as unsatisfactory, un-satisfactory, the present step is denounced de-nounced as a procrastinatory half measure, and it is declared the change ought to have been so complete "as to give the country a resolute and energetic en-ergetic admiralty permeated by an offensive of-fensive spirit." There is no implication if incapacity against Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, whose services as Admiral Jellicoe'3 second In command of tho grand fleet are recognized and an official an- nouncement states that he will be em-I em-I ployed on special duty. It is assumed that as his record was made in active command he may welcome the change. Official Statement, . An official statement contains the announcement that an opportunity is to be taken of the appointment of Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss to rearrange the duties of the second sea lord of the admiralty, who will be relieved re-lieved of detailed administrative work connected with the personnel of the fleet. This is interpreted as meaning that the second sea lord will not be trammeled by details which subordinates subordin-ates can handle, but will be associated more closely than was his predecessor with the preparation of war plans. Another change in tho admiralty Is the removal of Sir William Graham Greene from the permanent secretaryship secretary-ship at the admiralty to a secretaryship secretary-ship in the ministry of munitions under un-der Winston Spencer Churchill. Sir William's departure from the admiralty admir-alty Is regarded as of considerable importance, im-portance, as the post of permanent secretary, which he has held since 1911, always has been largely responsible respon-sible for the continuity of admiralty tradition and policy. It is this continuity contin-uity which Is regarded by many as a most dangerous factor in that it hinders hin-ders initiative and adaptability to current cur-rent needs. |