22 JUNE 1918, Page 2

A very important document, tho final Report of Mr. Runoiman's

Committee on Shipping and Shipbuilding after the War, was published on Thursday morning. The main conclusions of the Committee are that shipping should be released as early as possible from Government control, and that private enterprise in shipping and shipbuilding should be maintained. These are " fundamental conditions of our maritime recovery " ; while in order to resume our old position in the carrying trade the Committee calls for the surrender to us and our Allies of all enemy merchant shipping, in enemy or neutral ports, and of Allied ships seized by the enemy during the war.