THE NEW SEA LAWS.
DEBATE IN THE COMMONS. NAVAL VIEWS. By Telegraph—Press Association—OopyriEht London, June 30. Mr. R. M'Kenna, First Lord of tho Admiralty, speaking in tho House of Commons in tho debate on tho Naval Prizo Bill, said that of 120 Admirals who had declared against the Declaration of London, 65 had been promoted after retirement and 27 others had never been employed. Only 23 had hoisted their flags as Admirals, and only 11 had administrative cxperienco as Admirals, which tho public had hastily supposed attached to the whole list. Lord Charles Bcrcsford protested against sneers against tho Admirals. He said Britain's great danger was a, sudden attack by converted merchant ships. Such vessels, armed with a couple of 12-pound-crs, would strike terror into tho hearts of shipowners. If Britain's food supply were cut off for oven a short timo there would bo a panic, possibly n revolution. If tho Declaration wcro ratified a hundred small cruisers ought to bo immediately laid down.
Sir Rufus Isaacs, Attorney-General, said it was important to bear in mind that tho Declaration did not purport to deal with tho rights of belligerents inter sc. Tho general public did not realise this.
The debate was again adjourned,
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1169, 3 July 1911, Page 5
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203THE NEW SEA LAWS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1169, 3 July 1911, Page 5
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