Show GREY r J FJ F BETTER I UNDERSTANDING f G British d St Statesman y Speaks s sr Free Seas and andt r For f f t 1 N. N Nations L League Ij r i 1 fir VI S 12 Tho l The Tho United States flee DeoC l 1 endow na r has taken as we wo all know knowIs scar ar la Is G thU all 11 all most gratefully s recognized s as in the last two years ears of ot war 31 a F rt rl art to In we wo c could uld not t havo 11 o had Maa hadI MaaM which tho allies hn have o e no now tW u U ceu M cannot emphasize that too I YOU n too much appreciation red h ch or er r express is 0 It It- it Edward Grey who was count minister when tho foreign N said Mill aid this in n rt 1 o out speech broka Ter ar which k h ho he tho the fice free free- 1 S r In the treV seas with th the ot of Js f a n V of two tro Inseparable Issues It td itI ono L as frankest ant and most con truc the any leading Briton DIlton t has tag 1 utterance either problem o te on to solve both Intention t rrt Iut Wilsons Wilson's conference became known I ice Ii 11 at the effect Viscount Gre Grey told his audle aud- aud e tact ce I IN An ed s this the mystery Stop hint- hint I all I t 11 In insinuating in Quit trying trying to tot d b 11 and President 1 Wilsons Wilson's Ideas t nl chanco to speak for GIn him a L that he should ulf It wreck is 13 rcck tho the 1 very weapon which to lo factor other single factor than an any I tore ore wO n th thA tho ig I ht of oC blockade fc the Idea of President Wilsons Wilson's ll lib wn i.-wn that here hore- Viscount count Gre Grey said 11 VI freedom of or the seas shall hall be bo the pile II which observes es nation an any to red tenant of ot the le league leue ue of ot nations 11 nation Sid be denied to any should I i of or tho the breaks breaks th that t. t covenant co elI I e It nations added ded the tho speaker 1 11 th that t be so n a of oC nations is a en a the i. i league whole II A nii question of basis bast Viscount Gro Grey derr de- de l' l such auth j 01 the tho firmest he could visualize rr dared antI and operation co-operation between and America yet S us i b be frank was the they keynote kenote i former for foreign minister s speech til ute tit be proceeded d to practice Ills his Iri 1 r In this very er speech I Britain for tor Tree free liens Sen Britain he said had been more com- com for the freedom of the seas In ot or peace than any an other country cou II tn ry l MM isa n ti tJ to the f face ce of tho glob globe Including Including- nb Aerl I I 1 thInk he hI ald fald that oven even in the tho Hi States they the have havo somo rule that r ships are not allowed to carr carry United States ports and r Irons ds between tt lie e e Philippines countries ha have havo e had a ane ase S i iSoe oae other ne se e ct cd or some kind Well ell we have mr met had a a. rule JUle like that Wo Vo have more mort completely to tl the o n of the seas seu In time of or peace I tai gin ally an- another other othel nation and however is S r our navy has been we have havo ruts ur varied in ht recent times s on that fit t ud we have I ne used our oua sea power great It has been for rah I freedom of the seas sear for every even rm n nation just as much as for our our- vim m In time lime of peace cl tl t think We wo ou ought ht to receive a lit lit- te C Ct corti aro recognition than we do re retire re- re tire tere for the iho fact tact that we wo havo have never nc u l tho the British m lie vat val power In time 1 tt Ue to make the use of or tho the seas as asere ere e t easy sy for or ourselves e without make mak- mak e tC It at the same time moro more easy for tor fori I II I i es t on the 6 sane samo m terms 11 A good deal of ot Viscount Greyt Greys d ad- adas TM u as devoted de to an endeavor to Ln H f pessimistic notions that have I become bugaboos bug in n tho the minds of ot many on both sides of oC tho the Atlantic Ills His remarks were a addressed sed with particular lar r earnestness to who who insist on seeing things s. s The freedom of or the tho seas h ho said Is la not a German phrase It Is an nn American phrase It was made ails in the he United States and tho Germans adopted It and used It for their own purposes In a sense sonso and with an Intention intention to tu ton n chichi wo AVO wo could never nO ha have agreed Therefore It has lias never nc become er very popular What we wc have havo to consider Is what wha t the United States means b by the phrase freedom of of ot th the seas seas' seas Until President Wilson lIson defines it It until he ho comes to discuss it with our govern KO meat ment thero there is no need to anticipate that there will be difficulty about an a agreement One of or the strong points in tho viscounts viscount's viscount viscounts viscount's vis vis- counts count's s speech was wu that bearing upon Americas America's attitude e toward the block- block ado 1110 of oC Germ Germany Germany- in n this tills war |