Show SHIPPING ING LOSES 8 PER CENT OF TONNAGE By United Press LONDON The total allied aled allied al- al Ta l March ch 20 The lied ed and neutral shipping losses from the ho beginning of or the of-the the tho wat warto to December 31 1 were 8 per cent of the the total tonnage which was Sir Eric Geddes first lord of ot the admiralty admiralty announced In i the house of commons today Tho first lord said sad the worlds world's tonnage ton ton- nage age exclusive of enemy owned owner ves- ves leIs ads had fallen by bv tons up to December r 31 31 1017 1917 II IIo said the Germans claim to have han unk sunk 9 allied and ami neutral tons from rom the beginning of the war to December December De- De cember ember 31 31 The actual total of losses he e said was only six million Tho The total output of shipping during the le last quartet quarter of or 1917 he said aid was tons nl nI that period tons ons were sunk including losses from natural causes British shipping losses from the beginning be- be ginning of the war to to December 31 were ere 20 per cent of the total British tonnage Geddes said sald The British output of shipping during durIng dur- dur Ing ng the last quarter of 1917 was tons ons compared with tons during during dur- dur ing ng the corresponding period of 1916 Geddes said he proposed to give the actual figures on the submarine losses hereafter |