IF THE HUN FLEET IS SUNK

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 178, 23 April 1919, Page 2

IF THE HUN FLEET IS SUNK

. —7-*—-.-.; - " SMIPBHEAKKR'S VIEAY. " ' • > Tha proposal of the • British Admiralty to sink the German-fleet which is lying at Sea pa Flow aroused surprise and some indignation in iron and steel manufac-. hiring circles at Sheffield. Experts saythat it means waste and cxtrav'a?ancn'involving \iinancial aud industrial loss of which the British Government • would' never be guilty if the facts Were.known. Jtr. T. W. Ward, the founder andhead of the firm- of"T. W. Wattl," Limited, who has gained a high' position' in the manufacturing world by his enterprise in developing the iron and sleel scrap industry, < stales that the dismantling of the German ships would furnish full employment for one 10 two thousand men for the' next five years. He. agreed that it is a matter of national policy, but thinks that before the Government decides it should consider that it will be sending one or two million pounds' .worth of material .to .the botrom. ' No difficulty would be experienced in disposing of the ships if opportunity were given for full inspection, and. rea-' sonable facilities aud time granted for removing the material. ■■ The cost of scranning their iron and sleel, lie said, would olworb their mark?t value, but (here should bo n margin on current nriees in Dm finer 'nullities of n'tefal .u?"d in lhV>ir fillings, 11.0 added-. "I have known the Government to bury guns which would .have. cost more lo remove Ilinn they were worth to but 1 have nevr known' it wantonly to sink a ship." The scrap industry iiitends (o make i-pp-esenf.-'ions to dissuade the Government from adopting such it poliey of waste.

'I'iie death has taken place atHustings of Miss Hetliam Edwards, for many years n uridine writer of' verse and prose, especially cm French rural life. Jlis* Eilwiirds'wns n member of a-well-known Suffolk family. Her mother was the niece hf Sir William Retlmm, Ulster Kme at Anns, 'the Barbara JMlmm to whom Charles Lamb addressed many '•harminn lett»K France had made Jliss Edwards an Officer de l'lnstruction Publique, mid England had awarded her n ■ Civil List Pension. Private J. Standing, of the Tanks Corps, was buried- recently at Broolcwond (England). He died of exhaustion shortly after his return from Germany. He hail been brutally treated in German coal mines, ami on on" occasion vher. li» reported sick woo. directed to stand at attuition .-tor four hours.- H.ofore complcti'lrr (lie time he sank exhausted, and. a hritish comrade who went to his assistance was hit across tho legs, with an iron bar by a German.