25 NOVEMBER 1916, Page 2

We may, however, console ourselves' with the thought that the

Germans have in existence three bigger ships, and that out of these we can make good the losses of the Britannic' and the ' Lusitania.' And here we may suggest that it might be as well to warn all persons concerned that any one, no matter how high his station, Who gives or executes orders for the destruction of these ships before the war is completed will be tried by Court-Martial for such offence. We are not going to allow a miscarriage of the policy of " ton for ton " owing to some act of commercial hara-kiri.