That's not true; but we have either to fight or to run, and perhaps to do both.
"Make no mistake.

The government are not cowards; the Admiralty are gentlemen of determination.

If men like Admiral Howe support the Admiralty--Howe, one of the best friends the seaman ever had--what do you think the end will be?
Have you heard what happened at Spithead?
The seamen chivvied Admiral Alan Gardner and his colleagues aboard a ship.
He caught hold of a seaman Delegate by the collar and shook him.
They closed in on him.

They handled him roughly.

He sprang on the hammock-nettings, put the noose of the hanging-rope round his neck, and said to the men who advanced menacingly: "'If you will return to your duty, you may hang me at the yard-arm!' "That's the kind of stuff our admirals are made of.