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AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Groenfield, who headmaster. Dr. Elliott Speer, has been murdered in circumstances suggesting a parallel with a British detective novel, has more than a local reputation in tho United States.

ADMIRAL JELLICOE AND U BOATS

FIGHTING SUBMARINE

MENACE

DIFFERENCE OF OPINION WITH LLOYD GEORGE

"TH

..

(By A Naval Reviewer)

It belongs to that small group of exclusive American schools which are run on more or lese Englist lines,

HERE appears to be a serious, Lord Jellicoe tells this amusing. They include Groton (Presidenti

danger that our losses in anecdote to illustrate how "r Roosevelt's old school), Exeter, An marshant ships, combined with the Lloyd George in 1917 appeared to dover, and St. Paul's, Concord, and losses in neutral merchant ships, be obsessed with the idea that the are concentrated in New England. may by the early summer of 1917 opinions of junior officers were of Most of them, including Greenfield, have such a serious effect upon more value than those of their are centred in the beautiful Berk the import of food and other ne seniors. In this connection I re- shire Hills district.

'cessaries into the Allied countries collect, when present at a meeting

Exeter and Andover are the old as to force us into accepting peace of the War Cabinet in 1917, hear- est, but the real Old-School Tle terms, which the military posi-ing the Chief of the General Staff touch was given by St. Paul's, tion on the Continent would not inform the Cabinet of the views of whose first headmaster came to,

Justify, and which would fall far Sir Douglas Halg on some military, operation. Mr. Lloyd George in- England hundred years ago to short of our desiren." atudy the English system. Since Thus did Admiral Jellicoe, Com-terrupted and said: 'I do not agree then the others have fallen inte mander-in-Chief of the Grand with the Commander-in-Chief; I liné.

Fleet, state the seriousness of the have letter here from a subaltern- position in a letter to the Admir in the trenches which gives an en- BICYCLES AT OXFORD

alty dated October 29, 1916. The tirely different opinion."". losses in British merchant ships Regarding Mr. Lloyd George's The decision of the Oxford City during that month totalled 176,200 visit to the Admiralty on April 30, Council to establish a public bicycle tons.

1917, which is popularly supposed

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Oxford is infested with bicycles. particularly in ternt time, when most undergraduates ride them both to lectures and to playing fields.

On neither of these errands would they use the park.

ex-

park is laudable, but it is doubtfu}} = Unrestricted submarine warto have led to the introduction of " whether it will be effective.

fare was announced by the Ger- the convoy system, Lord Jellicoe mans on February 1, 1917. The writes: "He was given full infor world losses la merchant ships mation regarding anti-submarine during that month totalled '532,- warfare. Amongst other things he 000 tons, of which 315,400 was was informed that it had been de British tonnage. These losses cided to make an immediate trial were more than double those of of a convoy system. It has "fro- the previous month. The situa-quently been erroneously stated Another feature of the bicycle

tion "became very critical." ||that the Admiralty decision in this - life of Oxford is its communism. In: April, 1917, the world losses matter was the result of pressure tween "national control and Bicycles, particularly old ones, are in merchant ships reached the co-brought to bear on the Admiralty, nationalisation. Has he forgot-regarded mostly as common pro-lossal total of 869,000 tons, of from the War Cabinet and civilian ten his own categorical state-perty.

(which 645,200 represented Bri-jquarters.... The views of Hong Kong, Monday, January 14, 1935. ment,. "No one could honestly say A man "borrows" any machine tish merchant ships. More-périenced naval officers on a techni- that private enterprise in bank-that is handy and leaves it at his over, at the commencement of cal question Involving the gravest ing had been a failure"? And destination,

the unrestricted submarine war-responsibility" could not possibly The Still Active Volcano now, on the ground that it has The system works all right within fare "Germany possessed some 140 be affected by outside opinion, how- failed, national control is to be the University, but has sometimes submarines, and was commission-aver high-the quarter from which There are some volcanoes his ace of spades. All this seems caused trouble with townsmen.

ing new submarines at the rate of that opinion emanated." "Actually which never give sign of ap- to foreshadow a revised version

about six per month. The aver the Introduction of an experimental proaching activity. They erupt of the "We can conquer Unem-

age rate of commissioning per convoy system had received the Buddenly, without warning and ployment" programine of 1929

month during 1917 was between approval of the First Sea· Lord with devastating force. Others with the "definite pledge" that

They within a single year the Liberals A little girl was crossing the Ateven and eight. During the year some days previously,*****

The decision of the War Cabinet (1916 a total of only 22 German rumble, they smoke, they blow would reduce unemployment to first ocean trip. The sea was as submarines had been sunk,

It was her

in 1918 that the Grand Fleet was off preliminary steam, they the average unemployment figure smooth as the proverbial mill fond

Jan longer to do its utmost to force Counter-Measures even indicate in what direction of 4 per cent before the war for the first three days; then the ship

an action on the High Sea Fleet is the molten flow of lava will de Those who remember the raging began rolling and pitching beaylly. "For seven months, February to criticised by Lord Jellicoe, and he scend. In the political sphere propaganda of that year will base The child could not understand what August inclusive, the situation rewrites: " find it difficult to re- had happened. "Mother," she cried. Mr. Lloyd George belongs to the upon that episode an expectation What's the matter? Are we on a demained critical, after which the concile the decision...with the counter-measures introduced reviews expressed to me by Mr. latter sort. He has just given of another resounding failure.

tour?" notice in advance that he is

duced the danger, and it seemed Lloyd George in 1917. In that about to emerge from the politi

probable that the submarine was year he pressed for more offensive

serious "Mummy, the pants you made me vanquished, although are tighter than my skin," said the losses could still be inflicted upon general, and the Grand Fleet in action on the part of the Navy in little one.

Nontense, my boy. Don't say silly merchant shipping," and "by the particular....The change of view end of 1917 we were sinking sub was presumably due to a somewhat things like that."

"But they are. I can bend in my marines at a rate practically equi- tardy realisation by the War inveterate troubles of the times, Explosive Qualities of skin and I can't in my pants," la re-valent to the output of new ves-Cabinet of some of the dangers ar gels, and the situation could there tendant upon a system of convoy, fore he said to be in hand; com for mercantile trade. The danger

are

more

beneficent.

He

COAL-MINING AND IT'S PERILS

cal seclusion which he has ob- served with great stealffastness jsince his illness of 1931.

adopts the role of "an old public servant." much distressed at the

fund charged with a message of authentic inspiration to men of all parties imploring them "to think and act on bigger and broader lines," We had suppos ed that the National Govern;] · · ment was formed in 1931 for that]

success.

indicated In his speech in the

Coal Dust

METHOD OF RENDERING ITS INNOCUOUS

total loss of life in coal mines,

Your Daily Smile!

She Knows

lantic with her mother.

plied.

Proof

That's What We Thought.

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Leon, aged three, on a long trip with bined as it was with a largely in- of surface attack on the Scandina his parents, amused himself by looking creased output in merchant ship vian Convoy brought about this out the Pullman window. While pass

back, home!"

So

sing through a wooded section of the Ping, which early in 1918 was in

With regard to Sir Maurice Han- Though falls of ground contra country, Leon turned suddenly to his excess of the tonnage being sunk change of view." very purpose, and that, it had bute to a greater extent than mother and exclaimed: "Oh, mother, by submarine attack."key's paper advocating the lan Jachieved it with conspicuous any other form of accident to the look quick! All the trees are going The tale of how the critical ation of a general convoy system in.

tuation was faced; dealt with, and February, 1917, Lord Jellicoe how what appeared to be certain states that it minimised the diffi- Mr. Lloyd George, however, colliery explosive create greater" UNCLE FORCED ME defeat was eventually averted and culties with which he was faced, has the lowest possible opinion consternation and are more con-

TO STEAL”.

turned into victory is told with a namely, the impossibility of provid- of the present Government and spicuous in the public mind

wealth of detail in "The Submaring the namely, the impossibility its performances, and, as he done or is being done towards the My Hands Are Not

One is led to ask what has been

ine Peril" by Admiral of the Fleet of providing the necessary ocean the Right Hon. Earl Jellicoe escort vessels, our inability to use House of Commons, recently, he prevention or mitigation of the Wicked," Pleads Thief GC.B., O., G.C.V.O. (Cassell, B. American ports for assembly of Ands a much grander figure ac- effects of these disastera. Col-]

6d.). The book is an outline of convoys, and the difficulty of pro- ross the Atlantic than any visible llery explosions may be of fire-

Charged with the theft of 500 the Admiralty policy in 1817 and viding fact escort vessels through among his own countrymen. damp alone, or they may be of Naturally, he refuses to make firedamp extended by coal-dust, Chinese copper cent, pieces from a tells the one utic manure the submarine zone, while it ignored other possible dangers premature disclosure of his plan or they may be due to the Igni- money changer's shop at No. 5, taken to combat the submarine of salvation. But in view of the tion of a stirred-up cloud of coal Connaught Road, Central, Tsui menace.

to a vonvoy system auch as surface+ dust in the absence of firédamp. Kam Fat was sentenced to two fact that he does not reject theIt is certain that the most months hard labour by Mr. E. I description of it as a "New Deal,"

beneficial discovery made in Wynne-Jones at the Central Magis and that he hopes to make the recent years was that of the late tracy this morning. electorate fully acquainted with every detail before the hext Gen Sir William Garforth, namely It was stated for the prosecution eral Election, it is plain that Mr. that an admixture of inert dust, that defendant stole the capper Lloyd George is coming back, not

such as finely-ground anale, so cents, which were in a basket, from as an Elder Statesman who has

reduces the inflammability of the counter while the fokis were coal-dust that if present in suf having their meal. He was

chased hung his more lethal weapons Acient quantity. It renders the and arrested by one of the men, on the wall, but as the fighting man who made and unmade Gov-atter innocuous. As regards, its "I would not have stolen the ernments in the past, and means,

capacity for producing or extend-money had my uncle not instruct- If he can to repeat the perform an explosion, the danger of ed me to do so. My hands are not afce.

coal-dust is m proportion to the so wicked, but my uncle forced me It is enough to mention the it contains. Unless the mine is fendant.

amount of volatile hydrocarbons to go and steal" pleaded the de- fact that "national control of the wet throughout, stone-dusting of

"I stole the oranges because

Lord Jellicoe and the Admir attack on a convey and the heavy alty" generally - have been freely losses that would in that event ber criticised by many writers for incurred, and the similar heavy their alleged fallure to introduce losses which a minefield might in- a general system of convoy at dict on a convoy. Admiral Sims... an earlier date. Lord Jellicoe, writes Lord Jellicos, put the matter In his new book, in no way set in a nutshell when he wrote: "This himself to refute criticism the facts and doc

dence which he

criticism" (of the patrol system}; "is, of course, justified; sull, we Bled

must understand that it was the only possible method until we had enough anti-submarine craft, make the convoy practicable.".

(Continued on Page 11.)

form in themselves a Vanswer to dritici •hich

obviously been made, ance or without due con ation of essential facts and cle- cumstances.

Mr. Lloyd George

Only with Mr Lloyd George and Sir Maurice Hankey does Lord Jel licos cross swords. He speaks of ggestiona

Bank of England is an essential coal mines is now enforced by STOLE ORANGES TO SELL part of the scheme, to show law. Broadly speaking, a mix what slender chance Mr. Lloyd ture of 50 per cent. coal-dust and George's plans will have of com- 50 per cent stone dust. Is unin-wanted to sell them and buy some Mr. Lloyd George's mending the assent of all parties, flammable Sir Richard Rey food to cat atated Li Pak Shing (purporting to have come For that is the kernel of the mayne, K.CB, in Engineeri

Socialist programme official 88

well as unofficial, and it means,

as Sir ford Cr

BUBBLE-BLOW

INNERS

aged. 48, who was sentenced to young, naval officers) for three weeks' hard labour for the ing the submarine theft obseven

Wynne k

3. by Mr. Eing of such Central Magin, could not,

brain off*

comi