A private conference of Admirals was held on Monday, with
Lord Charles Beresford in the chair, to protest against the ratification of the Declaration of London. No fewer than 102 have signed a memorial to the Prime Minister declaring their conviction that it is "urgently necessary, for the preser- vation of the food of this people during war, that the•Declara- tion of London should be repudiated." The views of Lord Charles Beresford, who has signed the memorial, are expressed in a brief statement, in which he maintains that the Declara- tion means starvation, calls attention to the sinking of neutral ships by belligerents and the revival of privateering, which are respectively legalized and not forbidden by that instru. went, and appeals to the Government to refer it to a com. mission of experts for consideration and report.
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