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Show ABOLITION OF SUBS By SIR -BOLTON EYRES-MONSELL First Lord of British Admiralty. REICHSFUEHRER HITLER HIT-LER did say in his speech of May 27 that Germany was ready to abolish submarines if the other countries would do the same, and this willingness was reaffirmed by the delegates from Berlin during dur-ing the Anglo-German naval talks. But it had long been known that Britain also was willing to abolish submarines and had pressed for their elimination by international agreement at the Washington Naval conference and ever since. This fact that the British views on the subject were in accord with Germany's Ger-many's was called to the attention of Hitler's representatives. But it was also recognized by both sides in the London naval negotiations that other powers, including France and Japan, had not yet consented to abandon undersea craft. |