15 FEBRUARY 1930, Page 1

It will be noted that the British ground of argument

has changed since the Washington Conference. It was then said by the British delegation• that the submarine Must " inevitably " be put to inhuman uses. It may well be that that word was the right one. The Great War showed that some nations fighting for their existence will not observe any rules for mitigating the horrors of war. ' It was assumed that Germany would observe, as applying to submarines as much as to other ships of war, the rule that no merchant vessel could be sunk unless 'provision was made for the safety of the crew and passengers. - But she did not observe it. A sub- Marine- cannot take off more than a few persons from any ship. 7 The unrestricted use of submarines, therefore, Means atrocity and nothing else. * * * *