Reports of the Court Martial at Gibraltar on incidents in
the ' Royal Oak ' have occupied a great deal of space in the newspapers, but most people think it deplorable that it should ever have been necessary for such matters to become public. Commander Daniel has been • tried and found guilty of the offences with which he was charged—conduct subversive of discipline in criticizing his superior officer, Rear-Admiral Collard. Captain Dewar has yet to be tried on much the same charge. Commander Daniel has been dismissed his ship and severely reprimanded. Readers of the evidence have probably come to the conclusion that Commander Daniel had genuine grounds of complaint, but the Court held that in making his representations he considerably exceeded the instructions given to him by Captain Dewar, and it was because of this excess that he was found guilty.
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