THE GERMAN FLEET.
PROBLEM OF DISPOSAL. (Renter) LONDON, Feb. 27. In the House of Lords, Lord Lytton (Civil Lord of the Admiralty), replying to a question regarding the disposal of the German Fleet, said that that must be decided by the Paris Conference. The proposal to sink the fleet would only be adopted if the representatives of the nations unanimously concluded that that was the best course. The British attached the utmost importance to the view that the ships should not continue to form part of any naval armament or henceforth be used as ships of war. There remained three alternatives: — (1) To sink the vessels; (2) to break them up; (3) sell them under certaip conditions.
It was simply and solely an economic proposition whether it would pay to break them up or use them for other purposes.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1577, 4 March 1919, Page 5
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139THE GERMAN FLEET. Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1577, 4 March 1919, Page 5
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