32 ON THE MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS OF SHIPS. 
mitted the discussion to go beyond the limits of time, and I must now call the 
discussion closed, with the exception of giving an opportunity to the author for 
reply. Any members who desire to add to this discussion, will please submit the 
same in writing. Sir William Henry White will now have the opportunity to reply. 
Srk WILLIAM HENRY WHITE:—Mr. President and Gentlemen, the discussion 
has ranged over a considerable field, and certain opinions and statements have 
been attributed to me which cannot be found in the paper? Gentlemen who have 
made that mistake, in attributing to me opinions which I certainly do not hold— 
and Mr. Nixon has said that he has only glanced through the paper hastily—will 
find on reference to the paper that I am strictly correct in what I now say. I will 
take one case to illustrate what I mean. Admiral Bowles quoted a sentence from 
the bottom of page 10, from which he made it appear that I considered the upper 
limit of size to be reached in the Mauretania. If one takes a sentence away from 
its context, we know, even in the use of Scripture how misleading the result must 
be. We all remember the case of the man who preached from the text “All men 
are liars” without mentioning the context, ‘I said in my haste.’”’ When such 
omissions are made you will see how meaningless any sentence may become, or 
how it will fail to represent the facts which were really stated. That is exactly 
where we are at present. I am not suggesting that there has been any intention 
to misrepresent statements made in the paper, but there has been a disregard of 
context. What I actually said in the particular instance dealt with and quoted 
partially by Admiral Bowles was as follows:—‘‘Ocean waves have not grown in 
size because larger ships have been built; and obviously there must be an upper 
limit of size, beyond which, so far as maintenance of speed is concerned, further 
increase in the dimensions of ships will have little or no effect upon regularity of 
performance of service between terminal ports. I have previously recorded my 
opinion that this upper limit of size has been reached for the Trans-Atlantic service 
in the Mauretania and her sister ship, and I will now briefly state certain facts on 
which that opinion is based.’’ Admiral Bowles omitted to quote the sentence, 
“T have previously recorded my opinion that this upper limit of size (7. ¢., the limit 
of size which will give regularity of passage) has been reached in the Mauretania” 
and so detached the governing condition from my statement. I hope the position 
has been made clear and I think it is an important correction. It would be the 
greatest misfortune, and to me a great disappointment, if any one in this room or 
any one who reads the paper thought I had used this opportunity for advertising 
the Mauretania. That is not my object. I only used facts which have been 
obtained from actual experience with the Mauretania to illustrate a general state- 
ment, viz., that increase of size beyond that ship is not necessary to ensure remark- 
able regularity in Trans-Atlantic voyages. 
Now, if any one will read what is said in the paper about the Olympic, they 
will see I am careful to point out that I do not pretend to give even the roughest 
estimate of her earning capacity especially in relation to cargo, but I stand on the 
