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Two Treasured Cigars: Shanghai Included in Air Routes From Our Own Tokyo, Feb. 15.
The suggestion of Mr. Kellogg, United States Secretary of State, relative to the abolition of the "assassin of the deep", as Lord Balfour characterized the submarine, has resulted in a chorus of disapproval here. Public opinion, as reflected by newspaper articles and editorials, approaches the subject! with a certain amount of cynical distrust in' the motives prompting. the United States, whose proposal for the total abolition of submarines fs termed "absurd and foolish naval circles, the proposal of the United States is said to be the one topic of discussion to-day. The total abolition of under-water craft is regarded as impracticable, and th general feeling is that the recent disaster to the S-4 created such a feeling of revulsion in Ameri that it culminated in Mr. Kellogg's proposal to regard the submarine as. anathema, All agree that France, Italy, and Japan will not consent to the abolition of the submarine and think that, if a sincere attempt: were made to limit the size and number of under-water craft, a certain measure of success could be depended upon, but declare that any reposition aiming at total abolition will be destined to failure, and may result in leaving the submarine question in a much worse position than it was before,
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