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EMPIRE AID FOR BRITISH

SHIPPING?

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Inadequacy Of The Present

Subsidy

BY SIR GEORGE HUNTER, KRE.,

D.Sc.

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When the belated and meagre British Government subsidy and loan scheme to assist our shipplag was launched it was clear to me, as I stated, that "our Government would have to do something much more effective, either by a mach larger subsidy or some other means.". Neither Britain nor the British Empire can be maintained without an adequate shipping tonnage with

· adequate' naval protection in case of emergency, to carr Imports and exports. In recent years foreign ships have been taking increasing percentages of British-foreign trade, of Bri. tish coastal trade, and of British Empire trade. I suggest that a far-reaching and definite lead in the direction of securing Bri- tish ships should be given by the Home Government, and that all the Dominion and Colonial Governments would be well advised to give practical support. It it not only State aid, but Empire sid, that our shipping requires.

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It was stated in the House of building. to turn the decline into Commons. On Government au.

revival and increase, and to make thority about two years ago, that the Empire as a whole much less ship subsidies paid by foreign dependent than it is at present Governments totalled at least on foreign vessels, in the event of £30,000,000 A year. They total another outbreak of foreign more now. British shipping, to be political mindness. As repeated assisted ༞ foreign shipping is

attempts by conference, by nego- assisted. would have to be grant tlation, and by appeals to establish ed about £10,000,000 a year. If something like free or fair trade offered £2,000,000 for one international shipping have year subsequently for two years) failed, as our great efforts have by" a Government which had de- failed to obtairi reduction of clared that our shipping should world armaments. It seems

OUT" no longer be allowed to suffer boundén duty to ourselves and the from unfair competition. It is, hundreds of millions of natives in suffering severely, from such com- our Colonies; and to the main- petition to-day. and there is ho tenance of world peace and the apparent disposition on the part unfettering of world commerce, to of the "powers that be" to deal have a volume alike of merchant with the case and enable our Bri- and naval shipping, commen- tish shipping to survive and surate with our Empire needs, revive." Foreign Governments are with our Imperfal responsibili- increasing their ship subsidies, ties, and with our political pre- They are encouraged to do so bystige. the fact that British Empire Goy- ernments do so little to enable British shipping to live and pro- 'sper. Foreign subsidy schemes are long-dated where they are пор permanent The British scheme, totally insuficient as it is, has no permanency about it, and it might be withdrawn if we bad change of Government next year

BRITISH SHIPS WITHDRAWN

SAFEGUARD OURSELVES

Above all, we have a right to safeguard ourselves and to see that our own seamen and shipyard men have all the employment and wages we can obtain for them. Foreign ship subsidies clearly need to be met by British subsidies. foreign discriminations .against British ships by British discrimi nations, and foreign embargoes on British trade by British embargoes Meanwhile, British ships are on foreign trade, until such time being withdrawn from British as we may establish rational ways Empire trade routes; foreign ships. of conducting the world's business. subsidised, .are being specially Not only have we the right to see built in Japan, for instance) to to this as best we can, but our re- engage in London and Australian sources, and forces, diminished as recent trades. Japanese, Norwegian, and they may have been by other shipyards are being extend-events, are yet sufficient to give eď whilt British shipbuilding us the power to do what our thinking people realise ought to

capacity, reduced by 1,000,000 tors, has its remaining plants only half be done. employed, and we, as a nation

On the matter of adequate sub-

and an Empire, are running" seri-sidisation for our shipping there ous risks by employing more and more foreign vessels to carry our Imports and exports,

are two points we ought to get and keep clearly in mind. One is the extent of foreign ship sub- Subsidised competition and its sidisation. The other is that a effects have long been well under- nation which pays tens of millions stood, but nothing really effective in subsidies for house building and has been done by our Govern- some other naturally protected ments to secure fair play for our trades, ought to be able to pay. shipping or a reasonable measure one ten millions to maintain ita of security for the supply of our vital shipping and shipbuilding food in case of war. There was

trades. Two millions a year for great difficulty in feeding our ped- a short period is totally inade ple during the war of 1914-18.

quate to be effective against the To-day, we have more people to something like £40,000,000 a year feed: we are more dependent on that is being paid in respect of ships; we have a Navy seriously the construction and operation of reduced whilst other navies have foreign competitive, ships and been increased; and our propar-shipping.

tion of mercantile tonnage 15 VASTLY DIFFERENT POSITION down by 50 per cent., as compared

| with 1914, whereas, foreign ton- nage, in the aggrebate, is more than 80 per cent, greater.

Please let it be clearly under- stood that we, the British pear ple in Britain and the Empire, A striking fact is that the are in a position vastly different absolute and relative decline in from that of other peoples. Qur our ships, naval and mercantile, position is unique. The "United has been permitted in a period- ! Kingdom, Australia, and New Zea- and is still being permitted in a land have no land frontiers over period-of serious and threaten-which imports or exports can be ing international political com- carried by river, canal, road or plications.

rail Not only so, but our Empire

į is widespread, with enormous dis- SHIPYARDS CLOSED DOWN

tances between the various parts. Parhaps it may not be in We need, as we used to have, as appropriate to observe that our many if not more ships than the Dominions have not been able to rest of the world. Almost, it make ships pay when they have seems that we need to have a tried to do so. Shipyards estab- | Navy equal to those of all other lished in Canada and Australia Powers put together, to have a have been closed down after true · parity-and to maintain Dinancial losses. The shipping peace. We have not a design enterprises launched by the against any foreign nation. Dominion and the Commonwealth | Several foreign nations have Governmenta in the war-time sinister designs against others, emergency proved money losera | including, it is to be feared, our- and have been wound up. Neither selves. We were in dificulties South Africa nor New Zealand are putting us on the verge of 'dis- cut out to build ships. Nor faster during the Great War. Our India. But the Dominions and position now, as compared with Colonies need ships" nekrig as possible - enemies, is weaker as much as we do for their imports measured by navies and mercan- and exports-and for their protec- tile marines, and by armies. Apart Lion in case of another war. It from any question of a possible follows, therefore, that the Em war on the lines of the last great pire, as well as the Mother Coun confict, we have indisputable

try, might with wisdom and pro- reasons, for reserving as much of nt make special and united exorts our trade for our own ships ar to arrest the decline in the British | possible, within the limits of fair shares of world shipping and ship- | dealing.

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