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Show To Save The Olympia The loss of ;he British H-47, rammed ram-med by auciner submarine a few weeks ago, has revived talk of ou'.-lawing ou'.-lawing underwriter craft through international in-ternational agreement. Hundreds of lives lost, often under the most horrible circumstances, during dur-ing peace times since the submarine was first evolved as a naval weapon periodically brings home to everyone the fact that these death-traps have no place in a civilized world. Even many high naval authorities agree that the submarine should he abolished, and it seems probable that a real effort will be made with that end in view. As a gesture in that direction, di-rection, the Eritish House of Commons Com-mons has voted to cancel the buffding of six new subnarines recently authorized. auth-orized. The First Lord of the British Brit-ish Admirality saiu. "What a great thing it would be it we could persuade the nations of the world to abandon the submarine. A-part A-part from the humanity of such a move it would be an immense saving. We could do without many destroyers, destroy-ers, now needed solely to guard against submarine attack." Now that naval limitation is soon to be discussed again, the abolishment of the submarine should be included as a part of the program for the reduction re-duction of armaments. |