mendous inroads made on British water-borne trample by the submarine in a war of exhaustion, the purpose of undersea craft cannot be minimized. Although the proposal the House of Lords was not adopted, perhaps the best argument against submarines was offered by. the First Lord of the Admiralty, who mentioned the extensive developments made in fanti-submarine devices, He briefly referred to salutes, It meant that the dream of years, a regular commercial service across the Atlantic, linking the Old World with the New World, has at last come rue, Historically, this incident has a distinct appropriateness for it is just yours ago since the two British airmen, Alcock and Brown, spanned the Atlantic between News foundiand and Ireland in their war-time salvage machine, " Vickers twin-engined biplane, which tram track system, most municipali= ties having adopted trackless trams and done ier Best to remove oF obliterate these ugly racks down their main streets, 'The Shanghat Wwush ad a-Kdod argument: agalestoary ngo. in a city the density of Shanghai they Claimed, the track system is the most economic fusing' a tram and a Uraller, and provides. Uys cheap transportation which a city of thix character Is able to afford, No explanation why there are trams on some roads and track Jess carson others was given in the" offic communique. Phe Council had to admit the dite Heulty in. doing anything in the matter. The only. method whereby it could enforce any Alteration would be to buy up the company the expiration of the franchise next year, and fas, financial conditions. make this impossible there can be no chance in this respect. Never theless, the tram tack question will have 10 be taken ap at some fulure date if there is to be any Improvement in the tzaMic situation. foe present Shanghat'straMe inthe principal thoroughfares 4s governed entirely by the fixed fand inflexible (ram system operating on a por manent way. Civic economies make the exist tone now in the possession of the British Navy ow has an honoured position near the original Rs system oper for the time being, but the for locating submarines, the most difficult task at sea, but whatever is the secret of this device the general naval opinion is that the improve iment ibmarine devices has exceeded Improvements in submarines. themselves, and therefore the problem becomes not one—of sentiment or morality but of strategic superior ity. IE. this claim cane substantiated," the abolition of the submarine is placed in a dif ferent category with destruction tion ona more certain basis than public appeal jeould ever assert.
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