SAFEGUARDING BRITAIN'S SEA TRADE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 111, 11 May 1915, Page 6

SAFEGUARDING BRITAIN'S SEA TRADE.

NO EXCEPTION MADE IN LUSITANIA'S CASE. ADMIRALTY'S RESOURCES INADEQUATE TO SUPPLY SCOUTS iRi-if-ivrd 11.10 a.m.l LONDON, May 10. Mr A.-H|liilli, in r< pl\ tv ,|in>ti.>n- in the lIuIIm- of I omniono. suid thai there »j.- mi obji-i t in upprottilniij; m-niiaU regarding liermanj'n breach«-i> ol The t .invention nnU'Sx Ihcj were prepared to take iiction. Mr. I htireliill informed i|iic»tioncr- that it W.i.i premature to discuss the l.w-itaiiiu. |M-ndin« imphry, It «a.« unpo-sil,lc to disclos,- the naval dispontionalong the iim-t. Tin- Admiralty'•< re-oiircv- were inadequate to supply escort In merehnnl nr pu»»enger The Admiralty, nwti.g to tiiTmany'n warning, i-etit the Lusitania directionrejjarditig her .ours.-. Kxeepting the l.iiMtauia, the entire seaborne trade had Ix-cii on,ln. ted with,nit upprecial.li- b>->.-. Nn exception wn« made in the l.ii"itania- raw to the regulnr methods n| eafeguarding seaborn.- rr»M>N. Mr. l!.>nar Law. "peaking in l.i-mlun. ask.-d what did the sinking of the 1.u.-itani.i mean* It mean that the i.erman- -vere simply running amok. and did the d I- of dei-pernte men. but be thought that there wa, method in their nindne--. liermntiv ha vine lulled to -eciire the sympathy of neutral. was determined t.i terrorise them The I.ii-itanin oiltrilEe would ronvim-e Britain that not only her »oldier«. but the whole nation «a» at war. and every ounce of strength must be .lire, ted to brinsing thr war t.i an end.