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THE SCARCITY OF TONNAGE. SOME SOLUTIONS.
Every one of those remedies would. I believo, be disastrous, because they would aggravate the ovil they are intended to
oure.
THURSDAY, MARCH 2ND, 1916,
wanted. There are several ways in FATHER CHRISTMAS FROM which that can to adme extent be dones (a) fa
THE TRENCH. You can increa the total Briti tonnage.
WATERLO0:
POLICY OF A NATIONAL. PARTY.
LORD CHARLES BERESFORD WOULD GET RID OF ALL GERMANS.
on
Mr. H. A. Gwynne, editor of the Morning Post, opening a discussion at the Constitu tional Club, London, last month
Suggestions for a National Policy said. that purely party politics were bankrupt. Among the principice on which he be lieved it possible for a National Party of the Empire, economic union with our to exist were the fiscal and political unity Allies, co-operation surt co-ordination of inbour and capital, and the removal of all questions el defence and foreign policy thought that with the co-operation of from the arena of party politics, He single-minded men a party might arise. founded on truth and honesty and with a devotion to the national needs which would secure, the regeneration of this country which the war had begun
by spooding up the building of new ship WHAT THE TRAIN BROUGHT TO This involves releasing for, shipbuilding and for engine and machinery construction a sufficient number of shipbuilding yards [BY 8. IN THE "MANCHESTER GUARDIAN.”] BY LESLIE SCOTT, K.C., M.F.]
and engine and machinery works. There
Father Christmas arrived this morning are today in the shipbuilding yards of The extremo gravity of the existing scar-
the United Knigdem about 580,000 tons at Waterloo. There was no taistaking him in his shaggy sheepskin coat, ruffled so that city of mercantile tornage and of the con- sequent exorbitant rates of freight is (grosh register) of ships of ever 1,000 tons
gross register eithey launched or platel.every bair was standing or end. His face was red and weather-heaten, and his eyes very bright, tired rather, but happy. His plain. It is equally plain that if there is If the necesary skilled labour and room in
remedy it must be found. Many the shipbuilding yards and engine and clothes were very white not snow nertainly
machinery shops could be spared, they panaceas are uffored Soue wat the Gov-could probably be completed in theres (we live in a world of substitutes), but erament limit freights by law. Sue months. Is the Ministry of Munitions in white chalk splashed up to the hat. He want, the control of all our shipping taken a position to enable anything to be done was hung round: with things like one of his out of the handy of the shipowners. Some in this direction? This course would help, own Christnine trees- blue enamel bottle, if coupled with the improvements in ora khaki-coloured little caso, a sort of leather things, a tool for scratching the ground, want the various Departments and Com-gasizing the use of tonnage which are hold-all with little round fingers for holding mittees now dealing with the subject abo- essential and must be achieved somehow,
(b) You can increase the working days and metal weapons, not shiny and vary care lished and the whole business given to one
of ships by preventing their wasteful ase, fully bound with rags or linen cases, and on enormous pack or two, of course, on his This is one thing that must be done. One- gmal control authority.
way to prevent much less of time is to deal back. You could not tell what gifts were with the congrvation of the ports and of in the packs, except where the spike of a It was a strange Father Christmas that the railways, so that ships are not, as now, helmet stuck out. Lept idle waiting for berths. This means
was never before such n figure in all, our increasing the number of men and the the train brought up to Waterloo. There plant (carts, lighters, trucks) at the ports English Christmases; but there were many Some of him aud on the railways.
hundreds of him to-day, were so young that you could think of The quagsheds on the Mersey are to day piled high with goods which the trades him not long ago getting another sort of him were old and worn and a bit heavy cannot remove because the city warehouses
in the stride, enrrying fewer things. All are ful; and the railways cannot supply fun and engouer in his slacking. Some of trucks. The ordinary inland movement of traffic is what keeps our purls free of cun gestion. It is that which has so largely of him were very quiet, said Hittle, did for their thoughts and a distant look in. Busid and must so far as possible beno sing. and seemed to have enough foot restored.
their eyes. Probably none of them was Ships requisitioned for transport ser-
whence they had come," Few of them were
"I would get rid of all Gormans," said thinking of the muddy holes in the earth greater regard to economy of time.
Stores purchased abroad should be ob even thinking about London. Their ques taine? from sources which involve shorter tions all were the quickest way to get Lord Charles Beresford, especially all Delays at neress it to their stations for home. They those in high places. People say Look rather than longer voyages
given to charity.' I say, damn his charity." (Laughter and cheers.) ports of shipment and delivery should Be were all Father Christninsos for the Midat poor old eld so-and-so; see what he has prevented. So far as ships must be used lands and Scotland. Es floating warehouses attending the Fleet of af bases of military operations, the use of resols of great carrying capacity should as far as possible be avoided.
(e)-You can increase the tonnage avail able for the carriage of necessaries by pro
The chief remedy lies, I suggest, in the appointment of a small supervisory com witter to operate as a olearing house for all the bodies now dealing, directly or in- directly, with shipping with power to to deal with correlate their activities, mutually inconsistent demands, to present overlapping, and to prevent waste of ships time. Let us roview the position,
The Departments and Committees which most directly touch merchant shipping are, it is believed, the following:- (1)-The Admiralty Transport Departament, with ite Advisory Committee of shipowners,
which requisition ships for naval and mili vices can in many ways be used with
tary transport purposes, (2.)-The Requisitioning (Carriage of Foodstuils) Committee appointed Just November by the President of the Board of Trade, which ro
quisitious ships for carriage of foodstulls
and other inerchandise."
(8.)-The Slip Lacessing Committee which grants or refuses licences for the earriage of goode between foreign port and foreign por by British steamships registered in the United Kingdom.
(4.)-The Forts and Transit Executive Committee
which deals with problems of the congos tion of ports in the United Kingdom: supply of wagons. is of vital importance to the clearing of congestion at the portal. (6.)--The War Trade Department (Coal Division)
splendid set of OFFICE ROOMS on the A First Floor of No. 10, Des Voeux Road Central (above the Robinson Piano Co.),(The Bailways Executive Committee-(the emprising Three Large and Two Small Rooms with Outhouses and Servants Quarters. The Premises are being thoroughly repaired and TNFURNISHED FLATS in Nathan renovated. Centrally located in the vicinity
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The shipowners on the Admiralty Advi. sory Committes and on the Board of Trade Requisitioning Committee, it is believed, are the same. I am informed that No (3) is now in constant communication with (1), (2), (4), and (7), and that this system of co-operation has been of the greatest
value
hibiting the import of superfluities, Whilst easing the freight market you enforce na tional conemy. The existing shipa cannot carry all the goods asking to be carried Some of those goods are essential, munitions, raw materials for munitions. such a nitrate, and ores, raw materials for export, Hessary foodstuffs. necessary manufactures for home couump Ottern are cominodities which we could, at any rate for a time, do without. Some of the superfluities we import to-day are bulky and require a large amount of ton
tisors or
THE GREY GUARDIAN ANGEL." There is now in these stations where dian angel with a red band on his arm, troop-trains come in a sort of grey gume-- usually an elderly, businesslike man with
a hearty manner. He is known to the world as the City National Guard, He is always on the platform waiting for these visitants to guard them through the rapids and narrows of the great terminus and the whirpools of Waterloo Bridge Road. The men from the trenches can now change their French money at little offices on the that they put it away out of the reach platform, and the National Guardsmen soe of those who are waiting outside to help themselves to their own Christmas gifts.
Many of the men from the trenches are astonishingly careless-I suppose after
In 1903 he asked Mr. Joanph Thamber faid how he would deal with German trade.. to Germany, Build another ship and we Mr. Chamberlain replied: "I would say go to war
Sir Edward Carson, who presided, said the great sufferings and sacrifices of our people wiped out many of the difference rondy at present to wipe many things off the slate and to make a fresh start. Never that divided them in the phat. They were
was there & nation more united in determi
naties to carry on the bitter struggle to the
very end
He trusted that at the close of the war political nepirations or party considerations, they migh, be guided by wise heads without
WAR NEWS. GERMAN BULPHUR CLOUD AT SEA,
NEW RUSE TO BLIND " BRITISH KLP. The Wilson liner Lambert arrived at.
Helsingsborg recently after an exciting
voyage,
Owing to the vessel's draught, the cap. hundred yards inside Swedish territorial man torpedo boats appeared steaming close- behind him. tain says he was forced to sail a couple of waters off Falsterbo, Suddenly twe Ger
The torpedo boats emitted a thick, eating smoke, evidently by means of
Their object was doubtless to: age for their carriage. If these word risking one's life every day one forgets ther totally prohibited or restricted by that money is precious. Many of them pressed air which smelt strongly of al- very heavy import duties a correspond-would stick their " Bradburys into their phur, and completely enveloped the eg amount of tonnage would be released overcont, side pockets along with their stor
the. for the carriage of necessaries. Perhaps cigarettes and newspapers. One of them force the steamer out into international
the wind sprang up, clearing awny then nearly sufficient tonnage could be stuck £7-into his bandolier the other day, territory to avoid grounding. The · Lam-
smoke. found for the carriage of necessaries; and and some patriog stole the whole thingbert nevertheless kept to her course until if the demands upon cargo space for things when he was washing himself at a shelter. haberemo sually, orgessary were thus wheney Guardsmen advise them about eliminated, the supply of tonnage would their money, look up time-tables, and give how to telegraph home that they ate con- equal or more asarly equal the demand them the time of their train, show them and freights would certainly come down.
What are superfuities and what are ing, and take them in drafts by tube up
The men from the trenches are necesarics are questions to which different to Euston and St. Poneros. anawery Bust be given in war and in peace. It is essentially a matter of degree, and it is the duty of the Government to decide it for the nation, always having regard to the aunt of room any particular com modity takes in a ship. MURUNAN
As the restriction would apply to parti-
very
thankful and a little amused about being so carefully taken in hand. Many of them have never been in a great town before, Aberdeenshire, ghillies Ploughmen from from Braemar, shepherds from Yorkshire, miners from quarrymen from Wales,
At this time the Swedish torpedo-boat Sweden, appeared, and the German war- Castor, commanded by Prince William of
voy the steamer, and exbarted her not to ships left, Prince Williams offered to con- take orders from any other than a Swedish-
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The problem is twofold (4) how to remedy ne scarcity of tonnage; (b) how to lower the present high ruling rates of freight. But the whole trouble comes from the shortage of tonnage. That is the cause of the difficulties in Boding ships to meet all the demands. That is the cause of high freights. The only effective remedy is to make more tonnage available for the neces sary services of ourselves and the Allies But till wore tonnage is offectively available it should be remembered that high fre:ghts are not entirely a disadvant helps to relieve the situation; to some ex tent they check the port of articles that are not necessary-by making their price prohibitive to the consumer; they increase our "invisible" experts and so help to rdnews the balance of trade. Lastly, they pay 50 per cent, Excess Profits Daty to the Chancellor of the Exchequer rate which perhaps, the patriotism of the abip owners would be content to see increased to 75 per cent.
SOLE CONTROL OF FREIGHTS,
NEW ARMY TYPE,
Few stories of the prowess of French airmen compel more sincere admiration
They were on a reconnoitring expedition, Lieutenant Legal, who met their deaths.
Legall acting as observer. during the recent fighting in Champagne.
by British or by foreign ships, the foreign their tremendous expericaco quietly from into carrying superfluities here. Some of wells,
While their biplane was over the Gorman. ships could not be tempted by high freight the training ground, many without fare One Scotsman today when asked the them might cease coming to the United Kingdom altogether, although as the world freight market will have dropped I do not usual question said he was for Wanlock lines they were surprised by a Fokker (ons But anyhow the heard. He was told, "That's all right of the new mone-battleplanes), which darted He replied, "No," out of a cloud and began firing at them with much fear this result. rest would equally with British ships, You go to Euston,"
The a machine gun. An explosive bullet struck have to necessaries at the lower
Wenlochhead. her cry tight and the total dead-that he was going to Wanloch have to go the Frenchmen's petro! tank and the sero to Euston to get his train for, Wanlock plane was immediately enveloped in famés. weight carrying capacity available for
The soldier asked Is this Do Its ocupants realised that certain death the carriage of necessarice would be head,
London!" Very well then, I'm going awaited them, but with supreme courage increased.
from London to Wanlockhead and they divided between them the maps and other place.
A SHIPPING CONTROL BOARD
as sub-committees what is essential is
But sach intercommunication as does now
To control freights by legislation, as
I do not believe anything would be to rates will not make more tonnage available. It will be merely to deal gained by combining the several author with a consequence of the evil, audies mentioned earlier isto one. If com not with the evil itself. It will, bined they must still do their govers work on the contrary, aggravate the evil. You cannot control the world's froights, real on operation between them If they BEER and shipping is of all commodities the best keep in constant touch with one another,
able to seek the most favourable market. co-operation is so far promoted. To control the freights of all ships coming to the United Kingdom would only drive away foreign ships. At present about third of the ships entering the ports of the United Kingdom are foreign The
What I venture respectfully to suggest. result of any attempt to control the
to bis Majesty's Government is the imme freights of foreign ships would therefore diminish the number of ships coming to dinte institution of a shipping control the United Kingdom. And Buy gain ze board composed, say, of five members; of sulting from controlled freights on Brione representative each from the Admiralty
and the War Office and three representa tish ships would be far outweighed by the
Lives of the shipowners and supplied with diminution of imports
an adequate staff. To this board inform
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To attemp; to put in Gorettinrens con
obtain between them has, I believe, grown up from within, simply from the force of circumstances,
Another youth, who looked exactly the same in his trench kit, when asked "Any Thanks awfully-where's thing you want, lad?" replied in a sharp, the telephone.box?" It is indeed the new
quick, voice,
`armya
There are always a few Londoners, One man to-day when asked if he knew how to get home said, "Yes second turning to the left when I leave the station," was the son of a Waterloo railway porter,
He
important documents in their possession and
Some scorched fragments were blown by tore them in small pieces as the blazing seroplane fell to earth, the wind into the French lines, and in this
way their brother-officers learned of the heroic conduct of their comrades, mate
Next day a German airman dew over the French trenches and dropped a letter con- stating that they had been buried with taining a tribute to the gallant Frenchmen, military honours and that their grave had been decorated in the same way as the graves of German officers.
ACOSTER. REUNION. Few of the men knew of their luck till too late to write, and most of them have
HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS. no friends in London, so it is the unusual thing to new homecoming greetings. There was one notable exception this morning CORES ORDERS BY LT, COL, A. CHAPMAN, V.D. where two ads, very like Teddy Bears, recsgnised their friends before their friends had conceived that they could possibly be
trol of the whole of British shipping would tion should be seat continuously-daily the ones they looked for. It was a little and hourly by all bodies dealing directly coster group, two of those slight strong,
only aggravate the evil, for two reasons.
(«) To make the largest quantity of tonor indirectly with demands upon and the little London coster girls, each carrying
disposition of shipping. The first essen- young baby, a short, burly, round-beaded tial would then be obtained of real know- ledge. In this respect the board would be clderly man and a short burly young boy, offspring, whom they had probably never an information bureau. But in addition Both the soldiers embraced, their wives and it would be necessary to give the board gingerly tried to come to terms with their an over-riding authority where demands seen before. They compared them in a clashed, where existing commercial ar-hoyish way, with some very ironic remarks for the mothers, while the old futher kept- rangements were being unnecessarily dis located and wherever real economy of thumping one of the soldiers on the back ither "skips' time could be achieved. if he and swallowed a button. The party An immediata appeal from any decision to
nage available, ships must be conployed with the closest regard to the saving of every hour of ships time. No Govern- ment Department, no committee of ship- owners, however experienced, can possibly succeed in managing a fleet consisting of "It is utterly beyond all British ships. all human power. One of the complaints ngainst the Admiralty Transport Dopart ment-although very experienced ship owners serve on its Advisory Committee is that there is much wasteful use of the the Wer Council, which would have to sit went out of the station, each soldier car. slips controlled by it. But a department immediately wherever required, might barying a baby, the father carrying two- which had to control a very much larger given under such liraitation as the War packs each wife with a rifle, and the bay number of ships would inevitably intensify Courcil thought fit. A balance could thus with the goatskin cont. There was no mis- For a little the men from the trenchos the waste. To-day there is disorganiza-bo achieved between the competing claims take about these Father Christmases tion. To-morrow we should have chaos of various British needs and--what is seemed to hold up the station. Their bur- (b) Moreover, you cannot control foreign equally important between the compety, shaggy figures, their weapons and ships. If all British ships were ing claims of ourselves and our Alies. packs, and the look on their faces seemed
This remedy might be adopted at once,
controlled and directed into certain ser- vices.g. the carriage of necess:ries- ths freights on other services would so Zise as to strach to those the foreign-chips, which would cease to carry necessaries In the result nothing would have been gained, and much would have been lost.
THE REMEDY,
The remedy,
3. What is needed, is to in Crease the tonnage available at the places where and the time when it
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They were safe back at Christians from to make everyone else shrink in size and significance. Even the fall military police the poison gas and blood and horrors of the men seemed thin and subsidiary. Many of trenches--for six days! But Flanders was A-Yokosuka despatch to the faimchi them had dirty, unwashed faces they had all behind them and forgotten for these says that Captain von Moraveck, the Ausheen on the road since Friday and a few days. Or nel quito forgotten "What's trian who was arrested in Japan and has had soft young beards. It was the glow your battalion I asked a tall Gordon been under examination by the authorities inside them that seemed to shine through Highlander.
"We're the Sixth, he of the Yokosuka Admiralty, ha confessed their leather jerkins and hairy coats and said, not without pride." So you were on "Ay, and that he is a spy. His examination by the fapping headgear and through all the clay Hill 701" I asked. He looked at the
that's the mud of Hill 70:2 Naval Buthorities has been concluded, and and chalk that encrusted them. It would mud on his legs He said: he is to be handed over to the Department. Fave lit up the station in the dark,