The Second is that this Democratic Country won’t stand 99 per cent. _at least_ of her Naval Officers being drawn from the “Upper Ten.” It’s amazing to me that anyone should persuade himself that an aristocratic Service can be maintained in a Democratic State. The true democratic principle is Napoleon’s: “_La carrière ouverte aux talents!_” The Democracy will shortly realise this, and there will be a dangerous and mischievous agitation. The secret of successful administration is the intelligent anticipation of agitation. Again I say to McKenna “_Shove!!! Shove them over the precipice._” I have the plan all cut and dried. The pressure won’t come from inside the Navy but from outside--an avalanche like A.D. 1788 (the French Revolution)--and will sweep away a lot more than desirable! It is essentially a political question rather than a Naval question proper. _It is all so easy_, only the d--d Tory prejudices stand in the way! But I gave you a paper about all this printed at Portsmouth, so won’t bore you with more. I am greatly inclined to leave the Defence Committee and move out in the open on these two vital questions on the Navy. The one affects its fighting efficiency as much as the other. I am doing the mole, and certain upheavals will appear shortly, but it wants a Leader in the open! * * * * * 1911. _May 1st._ ... I want you to think over getting the Prime Minister to originate an enquiry for a great British Governmental Wireless Monopoly, or rather I would say “English Speaking” Monopoly! No one at the Admiralty or elsewhere has as yet any _the least idea_ of the _immense_ revolution both for Peace and War purposes which will be brought about by the future development of wireless!... The point is that this scheme wants to be engineered by the Biggest Boss, i.e. the Prime Minister.... _Believe me_ the wireless in the future is the soul and spirit of Peace and War, and therefore must be in the hands of the Committee of Defence! _You can’t cut the air!_ You can cut a telegraph cable! * * * * * 1911. _June 25th._ BAD NAUHEIM. ... You will see in the _Standard_ of May 29th the London Correspondent of the _Irish Times_ lets out about Lord Fisher and war arrangements, but as the _Standard_ in the very same issue makes this announcement in big type: “We (Great Britain) are in the satisfactory position of having _twice as many Dreadnoughts_ in commission as _Germany and a number greater by one unit than the whole of the rest of the world put together_!” I don’t think there is the very faintest fear of war! How wonderfully Providence guides England! Just when there is a quite natural tendency to ease down our Naval endeavours comes AGADIR! “Time and the Ocean and some Guiding Star In High Cabal have made us what we are!”