Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1929, Page 38

SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, DECEMBER 1, 1929—PART TWO. s, Food ‘Ship: Immunity ; Discussed by Nations VRV 1 (Continued From Third Page.) tary Prance is by no means ready to| acquiescence for all time in the British ! domination of the seas. | The exploits of the German subma- | rines during the World War disclosed a weak point in the British armor r\'ml when her fleets patroled the seas un- | opposed. The development of aviation | during and since the war has broacht | into being another weapon besides sub- marines which could be directed against that weak point in the British armor. France desires no war with England But if England “forces war upon her” | French military strategy will concen- | trate on the British weak point. French submarines and French airplanes, based | upon their home ports, could make it | an extremely hazardous business to | bring ships into British harbors, and | without a steady stream of ships bring- | ing food to British harbors England's | fighting power would last but a few | weeks, no matter what her victories elsewhere. To let food ships pass the naval lines | as_hospital ships do would be to de- prive military Prance of this strategic advantage over England. Military France | is naturally reluctant thus to surrender | its outstanding advantage. It will | make little public exposition of its | views, but it will strongly support any | government which opposes the Hoover suggestion on the ground that it! weakens the league. | In England there is a division of opinion on the food ship proposal as| there is on the traditional American doctrine of the freedom of the seas. 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But there is another section of British | opinion far more numerous and prob- ably at the present time of greater power. It had its first adherents among the British shipping interests, which | felt that the traditional British doc- trine of the control of the seas oper- ated greatly to their disadvantage when Britain was a neutral and forced them | to assume the greatest risks when Britain was at war. They see, there-| fore, some value in America’s concep- | tion of the freedom of the seas. ! An influential group in themselves, | their numbers have been increased to, include what is probably a great ma-| jority of the population by the realiza- tion since the war that a stubborn in- sistence on the traditional British posi- tion would inevitably bring Britain into conflict with the United States, and that such a conflict had nothing in the world to recommend it. | Out of this conviction arises the more | receptive mood in British governmental eircles, typified by the visit of the prime | minister to this country, toward a na-| val agreement of some sort with the United States. Thus public sentiment in Great Britain is strongly in favor of a naval limitation agresment, and prob- ably would support a proposal to “make s virtue of necessity” as the: London New Statesman puts it, and surrender | the traditional British practice of con-| trolling the seas in war time in return| for an agreement that ships bearing| food supplies should be exempt from enemy attacks. ‘While there is much evidence of this disposition gracefully to accept the post- war distribution of world power, there is in England, perhaps more than any- where else, a lively appreciation of all the practical difficulties involved in the Hoover proposal. Such difficulties lead the hard-bitten ‘Tories to such questions as whether it .is equitable to forbid food blockades on the sea while permitting them on land. Your true Tory would rather go down shouting “Britannia Tules the waves!” than concede for & moment she doesn't. ‘The more liberal elements in Eng- land. however, including those at pres- ent in control of the government, are disposed to avoid the practical difficul- ties of the Hoover proposal, not by re- verting to the historic effort to main- tain Britain's control of the seas, but by forging ahead in the effort to make | war itself impossible. 1If this is done, it will reduce the food ships matter to the proportions of & purely academic question. Last of Dry Hotels In London Passes London's last temperance hotel has disappeared. Ling's Hotel in South | street, Finsbury circus, has now given up business after 50 years. Ling's had & character of its own, and was well | known to religious workers. The origi- nal Ling, who was a saddler and tem- perance worker, established the house to give accommodation to many ab- stainers who would not 2o to the regu- lar hotels and found difficulty in get- | ting lodgings on visits to London. Ling | was an abstainer from tobacco as well | as drink. His house was conducted on | strict lines and was very successful After his death, about 40 years ago, his | widow managed the hotel, and lately it | was carried on by her second husband, | who, on her death, married again. His widow was the last proprietor. Several other temperance hotels in the city have passed away in recent years, nota- bly Tranter's, in Bridgewater Square, and Wild's Hotel, in Ludgate Hill. Of course, closings of regular hotels under changed conditions of modern life have been even greater. Dresden in Wrangle Over “Skat” Game Rules Dresden has passed through a crisis. ‘There have been keen fights and spir- ited debates; day and night the minds of men have been at high pitch. 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