SUBMARINE MENACE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15182, 29 March 1917, Page 5

SUBMARINE MENACE.

LORD BERESFORD PESSIMISTIC. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. Eeceived March 29, 11.10 a.m. LONDON, March 28. Lord Beresford, speaking in the Lords, said he did not think) our captures of submarines were equivalent to the German output of new boats. He' predicted a world famine in the next three years, and believed the Germans had more men and food than we imagined. The Foreign Office had too much power over the Navy. We were very much blockaded. The losses of British, Allied, and neutrals in February were 281 vessels, of 505,000 tons, and in March to date 255 vessels of 420,000 tons. l*h® losses would be worse in the longer days and calmer weather. Lords Hylton, Emmott, Lansdowne, and Finlay emphasised that it was impossible to blockade neutrals unless we were prepared to go to war with them.