SUBMARINE WARFARE

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 October 1916, Page 5

SUBMARINE WARFARE

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QUESTIONS \H TEE HOUSE

OF LORDS.

STATEMENT BY VISCOUNT (i REV.

fAT'STKALIAV AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

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In the House of Lords, Lord Bere-.for d naked whether the United Sttaes had raised any ohling (lit* American eons!, whether jections to Brijisli cruisers pafroltiie cruisers had been removed in consequence of an objection, and w.hat steps the British Government was taking to prevent submarines sinking traders. Visconti( Orey, speaking in the House of Lords, in the first place i;ead the memorandum, which was the subject of an American protest, against JLitish warslTps patrolling the const and showing that America bad not objected to the practice on the ground of illegally, but as likely to cause unfriendliness. Viscount drey said that; although Britain contended that according In international ]aw r our ships were entitled to operate freely anywhere outside territorial waters in;-D net inns had been sent to the warships to meet the view of the I 7 nit ad States as far as possible. ' The. (loverumont had impressed on the British commanders to commit no act wlrch was liable to cause any unnecessary irritation.

Earl Grey asked whether if was true that the commanders of American • destroyers had aeceded to the request of 1154I 1 54 to clear out of the way so that the submarine could have room to blow up a merchantman. Viscount Grey replied that there was no official information, hut he assumed that the Tinted States wive inqniiing into the matter. The issues involved were 'important, and until (he full facts ■were known he, could not stale whether it was necessary to make official representations to the Tinted States..