9 OCTOBER 1915, Page 2

Time Germans, we expect, now hope that the State Departstout

will repay German compliance by attempting to force Britain to acknowledge what the Germans call "the freedom of the seas." This, being interpreted, means that we are to fight with one hand tied behind our backs, while the Germans are free to use neutral countries to supply them with contraband of war. We could, of course, no more agree to a proposition so disastrous than could Mr. Lincoln when similar demands were made on his Government by the Southern States working through neutral Powers. The sooner it is made absolutely clear by the Cabinet that we intend to follow the example given us by America in her great struggle the better.