New-York tribune., 1921-12-24

! the idea OF giving the institution |
an autonomous regime, the paper !
adds, Germany would be given at |
the same time a fixed date to put |
into effect necessary fiscal re-
forms.
build. cannot conceive that this is
u situation which on reflection will
commend itself TO any Of my col
leagues.
admiral de Bon observed that the
submarine lnust develop. you could
noS.' he said 'stop the progress of hu-
manity' confess that in so far as the
progress OF humanity consists in in
venting new methods OF warfare Il
would stop it tomorrow If ! could, and
this conference cannot set itself to a
better work than to stop it so far as it
can be stopped. believe it can be
stopped in the matter of submarines il
We all decide to do it. | believe the
conscience Of mankind would help us.
/ | believe the public opinion OF the
world would be on our side.
But il we cannot do it, then let us
thoroughly realize that permission for
submarines is not only an lncrese to
it not only adds TO the cost Of the
navies by the ships it creates, but it
adds greatly TO the cost Of navies, at
all events III countries which are
threatened By other peoples sub
marines. It adds greatly to the cost
OF those navics ny the non military
organization. so TO speak, which it re-
qui'es to have ready, and it adds
largely TO the member of states which
can potentially and without any cost
in battiesnips and without any huge
estimates add themselves not to the
list of nations anxious merely for self
defense, but to the list Of those. nations
who wish to supplement their desire
for an aggressive policy upon land by
adding to their power on the sea.
"These considerations ! very earnest
~ press upon my colleagues. | do not
believe that any of them can have
faced the facts which have to be con-
sidered III this connection, though
after Ine expression OF opinion given
yesterday, and after the speech after
speech round this laoie. the British
Empire has 10 hone OF getting any I'M
portant support in the course Of this
/ conference. Nut | do earnestly trust
that our deoatcs may go beyond the
limits of this room or even OF q public
session.
iefe I rust make parenthesis ard
Fry aomcthllg ! meant to say before.
People arc apt 90 think that 1t is Great
britain who ia likely to suffer most by
TIE continuation Of submarine war
fare. Tho lool. upon the man end they
sec that Gtaas Artain is an island.
that shc So surrounded by other states,
that There are multitudes Of harbors
over which ehe has no control in her
immndiate neighhorhood. and they see
on any map of commerce in the world
the louC lines indicating her CONNER
cial connections with either distant
parts of her own empire or the markets
which shc serves, OF with count tries
from which abe draws her raw mate
rial. and they say here is "a state
which really is exposed in tho utmost
degree 20 the pe@l OF submarimes
81 do not deny that eur position is
A difficult one, bNl We have had to
face the difficulty and wc know TINT
we can overcome il. Lord Ice men.
toned yesterday the critical moment
of the war. 4 was I'm the beginning
of 1917, when | was coming over "a
this country ard during the earlier
/ part of my Htay here. During those
weeks undoubtedly we mad only to add
up tho tonnage Of destruction and sub.
tract 1t from the tonnage % the world
Ga see TINT II thirgs went on aa they
were going pn then thc war could have
+ but one end
inyenii0n Compelled
Yea. n was "a struggle. Won VIII re-.
member, hejwcrn the attacking forccs
- fhc submarine and The drfrnsiv
forces that we hroupht against IL Like
ai these strugglea between oiIenae ans
defense. u h@d lis OSCILLATIONS. fhni
ras Tho very nsdir ui nur fortunes
Bot II brought itr own remedy orgAAi.
1ation, invention and the nu'rocr oi
euXliiaYr ships gradually diminiahe,
the peril untQ as the end Of the wal
everybody felt secure, not ndeet
against cruel losses. bat against he
struction through losses.
And so Il viii he again because We
have this great population, .hie gren'
naval population this great fshins
population. these innumerable craft
md admirable sailors who showed OF
every occasion Tint when their courtr,
REQUIRED 10 OF them, or their country'i
allies required II Of them. tbere was NJ
danger @ peril Of battle which they wer,
not prepared to face. No other eoun
try Ia Europe has that population. NJ
other country can provide that dofens.
/ against submarines. II is not there
We hnd to provide II for France an,
for italy. and II the same circumstance,
came again we should again have K
provide it.
Therefore J say, do not lot anyhod,
supposc, though ! believe all our col
leagues are bound up In ths eontro
v"rsy. that we are the people who vii
suffer most il you decide. aa YOU seen
rcndy 70 decide, that nubniarines are (,
receive the sanction Of this conference
20 not suppose that, for IL IL not 70
The fate of nay own country | look 1,
Win serenity in that respect | adni
i, may increnFe our difficulties.
know u Will increase our cost and v.il
increase 1t enormously. because W,
should have to organize all the auxil
nty cfaft against it, But that ii viii
lmperil our security | do not believe
! do not know whether ali my fyiendi
round this table can speak with elna
confidence on thcir position"
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