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' (United Service Cable) ' (Hoc. March 7, H.IO p.m.) , In the House of Lords, Lord .Lytton, replying to Lord! Berosford, stated that shipping losses in the . Irjsh Channel were jjreah;r in 1.918 than in any previous period of the war. The Government was shortly announcing the true position in regard to shipbuilding. LONDON, Marr-ii 6. In the House of Commons, following Sir Eric Geddes's statement, Mr. Asquith regretted more information was not given regarding British losses through submarines, and the measures taken to make them good. It was unlikely that the temper of the Allies would be endangered by the fullest disclosures. Britain's most essential service to the Allied cause was the provision of more ships. This, was the supreme need.
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Grey River Argus, 8 March 1918, Page 3
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