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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8,

BRITAIN LACKING NAVAL STRENGTH INSUFFICIENT IN EVENT OF ANOTHER WAR

LORD JELLICOE'S WORD OF ADVICE

A grave warning to the Empire of the weakness of the Navy in the event of another war is given by Earl Jellicoe in his book, "The Submarine Peril".

Lord Jellicoe discloses how near the Allies, owing to the lack of ships, were to being forced into accepting peace terms before the unrestricted German submarine menace could be dealt with in 1917, and declares that the number of cruisers available for convoy work at the present time "is entirely inadequate."

Aicraft, he states, cannot possibly alone give the necessary protection, even under favourable conditions of weather.

CHILDREN OR, TAXES

1934.

ĮTAKE YOUR CHOICE IN GERMANY

Berlin, Nov. 28,

Germans need only produco nix children in future to escape poron- nal income tax bouts, it has been revealed,

A now law passed by the cabinet provides a new scale allowing a 16 per cent. reduction in incomo taxes for the first, child; 35 for the second: 65 for the third, 75 per cent, for the fourth, 96% for the fifth, and a 100 per cent, reduc tlon, or almination entirely of the income tax, for the sixth child.

The law, however, affects only incomes not exceeding 100,000 marks a year.

Children up to 20 can be counted in making

returns. income tax The family of ten or more may claim state aldi-United Prens.

ny those based on various porto for defence purposos, for escort- ing troopships and hospital ships, de-a total for these services of approximately 217 more vessels. Complete total 449.

"Our difficulties in 1917," Lord Jellicoe states in an introduction to the book, "were very great. Those that would face à future Board (of Admiralty) would be in- deed formidable, unless it is realised that bur naval forces are inadequate for the work that may be required of them, built and building (of which 108 and steps are taken to`make up our deficiencies."

In the introduction to his new available for convoy work la en- book, Lord Jelllege issues a grave tirely Inadequate, warning to the British Empire.

"H," he writes, "us seems to be generally conceded, we are to expect indiscriminate bombing of towns, ships, etc. by aircraft should another war unhappily take pinec, can we be assured that | submarine attacks upon merchant ships ns carried out in the late war, will not also be practised by anation fighting with its back to the wall? Can we be sure that treaty agreements ́ can be relied upen under such conditions?

HEAVY TOLL

"In the early months of the Great War, two German light] cruisers which were at large for only ten weeks, captured or sank 10 British and seven neutral mer- chant ships, although we had 63 British and 18 Allied men-of-war, in addition to 22 armed merchant ships, operating on routes.

"At the present time we possess 162 destroyers and flotilla leaders,

over

are over age). (N.B. The life uf n destroyer has been laid down as twelve years.) We have in addition 31 sloops. Grand total 183 for all services (108 nge).

ADDITIONAL MENACE

"One must not lose sight of the assistance which aircraft can, and did, give in protecting convoys against submarine attack in 1917 and 1918; but aircraft cunnut possibly alone give the necessary the trade protection even under favourable conditions of weather and near our shores. On the other hand, aircraft operating from ships on ocean trade routes may be additional menace to merchant ships.

"Later in the war two armed raiders (disguised merchant ships) sank or captured 55 British, 10 Allied, and 6 neutral merchant ships.

"It should not be forgotten that

POSITION, IN 1917

an

"It is hardly necessary to point

very

CONVOY STRENGTH.

"Certainly the chances of treaty agreements being carried out are! far greater if we have the power we were far more favourably out the dimeult position in which to enforce their observance. If placed geographically to prevent the Admiralty would be placed there is any danger of such at the exit of raiders from German should it become essential in the tacks in the future, it is essential Forts than we should be in the near future to introduce a convoy that the British Empire shuuld be case of almost any other nation. Bystem for the protection of our

trade. in a position to place mercantile

"Our difculties in 1917 were trafle under convoy again.

"Let us consider how our Navy

great. Those that would "In November, 1917, the number face a future Board would be in- stands should we, in the future, fo destroyers, sloops and P bonta deed formidable unless it is realis. have to re-institute a convoy systa use for the escort of our Atlan-ed that our naval forces are in- tem.

tis trade through the submarine ndenjante for the work that may be "In regard to vessels for ocean one and English Channel totalled required of them, and steps are escort, we supplied in 1918 fifty, 170 (including 37. USA. destroy- laken to make up our deficiencies. such vessels and the United States ers). In addition we had 32 supplied a large number in addi- similar vessels employed on the escort against submarine attack "The fast vessels needed for tion. Some of our vessels were escort work of the Scandinavian cannot be improvised; eruisers armed merchant ships. We now convoy. possess 62 cruisers altogether, of

take two years to construct, and "For the Mediterranean convoya even which ten are over the age limit we required

sloops cannot be built, I at least 30 suci think, in less than some eight of sixteen years. A considerable vessels, giving a.graad total of months. Is it not time that pro- number of these cruisers are of 22. In addition there were the vision is made to ensure the Em- course needed for work with the destroyers with the Grand Ficet, rire against possible future disas- Battle-Ficel-The-number-left Dover and Ifarwich forces, as well ter?"

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