The Independent . ish Admiralty has beensharply criticized in Parliament becauseof its inadequate and misleading re-ports, but it refuses to alter its policyof secrecy lest it should aid the in reply to such criticism LordCurzon endeavored to reassure Parlia-ment and the public by stating that theshipping of the United Kingdom wasnot much less than before the war, andthat it was still about half of the totalshipping of the world. In June, 1914,the United Kingdom had 3900 merchantvessels of over 1G00 tons with an ag-gregate gross tonnage of 16,900,000,and at the end of March, 1917, th
The Independent . ish Admiralty has beensharply criticized in Parliament becauseof its inadequate and misleading re-ports, but it refuses to alter its policyof secrecy lest it should aid the in reply to such criticism LordCurzon endeavored to reassure Parlia-ment and the public by stating that theshipping of the United Kingdom wasnot much less than before the war, andthat it was still about half of the totalshipping of the world. In June, 1914,the United Kingdom had 3900 merchantvessels of over 1G00 tons with an ag-gregate gross tonnage of 16,900,000,and at the end of March, 1917, thenumber was 3500 and the tonnage16,000,000. It would appear from this that thelosses to British shipping of this classwas about four per cent for the monthof April and two per cent for the monthof May. But only about half of theBritish shipping is available for bring-ing food and other essential suppliesto the British Isles. Most of the restof it has been commandeered for navaland military purposes, and the losses. WILL THEY HOLD OUT, FATHER?Louis Raemaekers, of De Tdegraaf, Amsterdam, probably stands today as the foremost of warcartoonists, since he adds to (he skill and force of his drawing a sincerity of expression that shirks neither the horror nor the necessity of war 456 THE INDEPENDENT June 9, 1917
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