It is very pleasant to read of the triumphal tour
in America —entirely unpremeditated by the recipient of the honours— which is being enjoyed by Sir Lewis Bayly. Trust American and British sailors to perform international acts of diplomacy and good feeling as though they were doing nothing out of the ordinary 1 The way in which Admiral Bayly, who of course was in command at Queenstown during the war, and was there- fore in command of the American vessels based on that port, came in for the demonstrations of which he is still the daily object is very curious. After the war he -retired from the Navy and started on a journey to Japan as a private person, intending to came home across America. From Japan he took passage in an American mail steamer, and the American Navy happened to hear of this.
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