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portion of disarmament which it
lays down for those fleets. the Gov
crnment of the country which 1
represent is in the fullest and the
heartlest sympathy with the policy
which the United States have
brought before US for our consid-
GRAFTON.
They have, as we think, most
rightly. taken The battle fleet az
the aggressive unit which they
have in the main to consider; and
in the battle fleet you must in
cludc those auxiliary ships without
which a modern battle feet has
neither eyes nor ears, has little
power OF defence against certain
forms OF attack. and little power OF
observation, little power OF dealing
with any equal foe to which it may
be opposed.
Taking those two as really be-
longing TO one subject, rrlamely.
the battle feet, taking those two.
the battleships themselves and the
vessels auxiliary and necessary to
q battle feet, we think that the
proportion between these various
countries Is acceptable; we think
the limitation Of amounts is rea-
sonabIe: we think IT should be ac-
cepted; we firmly believe that it
will be accepted.
In my view the message which
has been sent around the world on
Saturday is not message which
is going to be received by those
most concerned with cool appro-
baton. believe it is going to be
received by them with warm,
hearty approval, and with every
effort at full, loyal and complete
cooperation.
/ think IL would be i'll fitting
on such an occasion as this il I
were to attempt to go into any de-
tails. There are questions--and
have no doubt that the Secretary
OF State, our chairman, would be
the first to tell US that there are
details which can only be ade-
quately dealt with in committee.
At the first glance, for example
and / give it merely as an ex-
ample-our experts are inclined to
think that perhaps too large an
amount OF tonnage has been per-
mitted for submarines. Sub
marines are class Of vessels
most easily abused in their use
and which, in fact, in the late war,
were most grossly abused. We
quite admit the submarine is the
defensive weapon, properly used,
OF the weak, and that 1t would be
impossible. or. il possible. it might
we'll be thought undesirable, to
abolish them altogether. But the
amount Of submarine tonnage per-
Initted by the new scheme is far
in excess. believe, of the ton
mage possessed by any nation at
the present moment, and / only
throw it out as q suggestion that
it may be well worth considering
whether that tonnage should not
be further limited, and whether, in
addition to limiting the amount of
the tonnage, it might not be prac-
eiSoDAc, oHu IL pEtLCticdDie. QcslI-
able to forbid altogether the con-
struction OF those vast submarines
of great size which are not in
tended for defence, which are not
the weapon OF the weaker party.
whose whole purpose is attack
and whose whole purpose is prob
ably attack by methods which
civilized nations would regard with
horror.
However. there may be other
questions OF detail, questions con-
nected with replacement, questions
connected with cruisers, which are
not connected with or required for
feet action. But those are matters
for consideration by the technical
experts. and however they be de-
cided they do not touch the main
outline OF the structure which the
United States Government desire
erected, and which we earnestly
wish to help them in erecting.
That structure stands. as il
seems to me, clear and firm, and
cannot help thinking that in the
broad outline, whatever may hap