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Lord Lee pointed out that Great Britain alone had been

able to extemporise a fleet of submarine catchers, numbering 3,000 vessels of all types. No other nation could hope to do as much in defending herself against hostile submarines. Yet Great Britain, he said, was prepared to scrap her large and efficient submarine flotillas,numbering 100 vessels, if other Powers would do the same. " It would be a greater contribution to the cause of humanity than the limitation of capital ships." The French, Italian and Japanese delegates declared in reply that they regarded submarines as necessary for their defence. Mr. Hughes read the report of the American naval advisers, who declared that America must have a large force of submarines to protect her dependencies.

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