Time and the ace:dents-of war have shown that botlaFieeTiaders, and.
Teed- Reformers were mistaken..- Neither -had: foreseen lbw effects of the submarine; neither imagined that, though wo might keep, thocommand of the.seahethe military sense—that is, be able oompletely to dominate the capital ships of the enemy and keep them virtually interned-except f or en occasional promenade or "runaway sing "—our- supplies of food and raw material could, nevertheless, he seriously. interfered with by undersea assailants. Whether we -like it or not, and whether or not it -will diminish the total wealth of the country, we have got either to run risks which the Power- -.Rouse of the Empire has no right to run, or else greatly reduce our dependence for our daily broad on sea-borne supplies. Our -islands are too-small and too thickly populated to grow all our food . supplies, but we can and must, through methods of intensive - cultivation and the payment of subsidies to agriculture in some form -or-other, greatly diminish the risks of ever again becoming a :beleaguered city.
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