British Submarine Policy • Mr. Lloyd George's persistence in his
charge against the Government regarding submarines after the First Lord of the Admiralty's explicit and comprehensive denial in-the House of Commons is beyond understanding. In his Central Hall speech on Tuesday Mr. Lloyd George said he had been informed that in the course of the recent naval conversations Germany had proposed the abolition of submarines and this country declined to agree. The report is, on the face of it, astonishing, for it is matter of common knowledge that at every disarmament con- ference since the War, whether naval or general, British delegates have—for reasons obvious enough in the light of recent history—urged the abolition of submarines. The effect Of such charges on this country's reputation abroad is worth considering before the charges are made.
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