25 AUGUST 1917, Page 2

The British and French Governments have arranged to carry a

Spanish officer in every hospital ship, to dispose finally of the enemy's pretence that the ships are being used as transports, and may therefore be torpedoed without warning. For the sake of the wounded and sick, it may be hoped that the hospital ships will once more enjoy the immunity which international law termed to give them. Germany has inhumed Spain of her assent to t he' °theme, But we should not care to trust a U'-boat com- mander within range of a hospital ship, even if she had a regiment of neutrals on board to guarantee her good faith. As the Kaiaer eaid, there is no international law now for Gen many.