SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 2 July 1917, Page 5

SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

‘ BY LLOYD GEORGE. FAILURE OF SUBMARINES. LONDON, June 29. When receiving the freedom of Glasgow Mr. Lloyd George said that after carefully reckoning the possibilities, the Government had conn the conclusion, upon the best advice, that the submarines canont starve us, nor drive our armies out,of the field abroad. Our losses in May and June, although heavy, were 160,000 tons beneath the Admiralty forecast. Arrangements had been made for frustrating and destroying submarines, and he had no hesitation in saying that if we all do our part submarines will be as great a failure as Zeppelins. “You may be less wheat and aide barley he added. “We are onour stock of energy drawn from that food.” i - • ,-1 Alluding to Mesopotamia, he said; “What happened in Mesopotamia must be left to the. Peace Congress. It could never be restored by the blastt ing tyranny of the Turk. The same t observation applied to Armenia.” ' raJ Regarding the fate of the German he said: “Their people’s de■*sires and wishes must be the dorninI The untutored peoples of ■ : ‘ world would probably want genthands than Germans to rule over I them. Is there any desire by Gerf many., to settle on these essential terms? The Austrian Premier repudiated the principle that nations must " 'control their own destinies, but unties s this principle is effected, not only s -will there be no peace, but, if we had peace, there -would be no guarantee of a continuance. Peace framed on an equitable basis would not be broken by the nations’ abiding peace, but guaranteed by the destruction of Prussian military power.”

.GERMAN INTEREST IN THE SPEECH. Received 9.20 a.m. ‘AMSTERDAM, July 1. German political circles are keenly interested in Lloyd George’s speech, at Glasgow, which is thought may change the whole situation of belligerent groups. ON THE SEA. FRENCH CRUISER SUNK. ' ¥■ W PARIS, June 30. The French cruiser Kleber struck a mine and sank near Brest. Thirtyeight of the crew, incudihg three officers, are missing. (The Kleber was a light cruiser of 7600 tons, armed with eight 6.5 inch guns and four 4-inch guns, and was ' launched in 1902. The vessel had a speed of 21 knots.) CAPTAIN REFUSES TO LEAVE THE SHIP. HEROIC BUGLER. Received 9 a.m. PARIS, July 1. The cruiser Kleber, which was sunk !■ by a mine near Brest, was voyaging V from Dakar (a French colony on the JWest Coast ,of Africa) to Brest, for the purpose of being dismantled. The captain refused to leave the bridge when the vessel was sinking. A bugler, after sounding the order to launch boats, declared he would stand by the and both perished. UNSINKAELE SHIPS. : Received 9.20 a.m. ■ft ROME, July 1. -1 a system of constructing cargo - ®rP s w bich makes them practically uisinkable by torpedoes.