ESCORTS FOR SHIPPING.
MINISTER QUESTIONED.
RESOURCES INADEQUATE.
London, May 10..
Mr. Asquith, in reply to questions in the House of Commons, said that there was no object in approaching neutrals regarding Germany's breaches of The Hague Convention unless they were prepared to take action,
Mr. Churchill informed questioners that it was premature to discuss the Lusitania pending inquiry. It was impossible to disclose the naval dispositions along tho coast. The Admiralty's resources were inadequate to supply escort to merchant or passenger ships. The Admiralty, owing to Germany's warning, sent the Lusitania directions regarding her course. Excepting the Lusitania, the entire seaborne trade had been conducted without appreciable loss. No exception was made in the Lusitania's case to the regular methods of safeguarding sea-going vessels.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15915, 12 May 1915, Page 8
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