DECLARATION OF LONDON.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 111, 1 July 1911, Page 6

DECLARATION OF LONDON.

(Received 1, 9.40 a.m.) London, June 30. In the House of. Commons Mr. McKenna said of the hundred and twenty Admirals against the Declaration of London sixty-five were promoted after retirement, twenty-seven others were never employed, only, twentythree hoisted Hags as Admirals, and only eleven had administrative experience as admirals, whicii the public hastily supposed to be attached t ( o the wixole list. '" Lord Charles Beresford protested against the sneers levelled at thS A'dmiral£ He said Britain’s great danger was a sudden attack by converted merchant ships. Such vessels, armed with a- couple of 'twelve-pounders, could stride terror into the hearts 4 of ship-owners. If the food supply out oil for Oven,a short time*thebe' would he a panic and possibly a revolution. If the Declaration were ra-. tided a hundred small cruisers ought, immediately to be laid down. Sir Rufus Isaacs said it w r as important to bear in mind that the De- . clardtion did not purport to deal with the rights of belligerents inter se. Tin; / general public did not realise this. < The debate was adjourned.