New Britain herald., 1917-08-17
bOAT CAMPAIGN FFAILURE'-PREM|ER
lloyd George Proves England
 Cannot Be Starved Out

Cannot Be Starved Uut Iondon, Aug. T.-Giving for the rst time actual totals of shipping ,nnage lost from month to month trough Germany's submarine cam aign and estimates of the food SUD- l ly Premier Lloyd George. in the ouse of Commons yesterday, proved l parliament and the country that fe admiralty plans for dealing with ic U-boats have been. increasingly lccessful and that with reasonable ,onomv" there is no chance of Eng md being starved out. Enthusiastic necring greeted his revelations. The premier said he agreed that le people of the country were all the etter for being told even unpalata- le truth But they also must be ,ld the truth even if it was palatab ble. hey could not exercise reasonable ldgment or come to decisions re- srding facts unless both the cheery ad discouraging sides were present. to them.
 He purposed to deal with the food
 
 oecial efforts were being made to -eate an impression not Justified in le least by the facts. Earlier in 10 year he had called attention to le very anxious condition of the pod supply, Since then, owing srgely to the energetic efforts of aron Davenport, the former food ,ntroller. and organization by the Tipping controller, the situation had approved considerably
 Cultivation of Wheat Increases. Wheat under cultivation showed an tcrease of 100000 acres. It was To early to give a prediction on this sAr's harvest because everything de- ended on the next two or three locks. If the harvest was good-as kpromised to be-and the weather lOt particularly caprfcious, the condi- Ion of the country regarding food taking everything into ac- |nnnt, was very satisfactory. He still |8Ged economy in view of the general rheat position. The more the coun- N economixed the less it would have draw upon the reservoirs of the snited States and Canada, from
 ghich Italy and, France also had to
 faw.
 The necessary labor for the harvest
 @uld be forthcoming, and by spring
 Aere would be 5000 tractors.
 EDealing with the shipping situation, ]
 Ge premier said that Germany had |
 cen circulating figures regarding the |
 estruction of shipping. They were l soing it in Germany to cheer up their | |wn people and were circulating 1t of figures throughout Germany Ind Austria on the authority of the Herman admiralty which the object H creati ting the impression that Eng hnd could not last much longer. The unrestricted submarine cam baign began in February, and by April England had lost 560,O tons if Shipping in one month. The Ger man official figures he added, claimed ihat England was losing between t50,00O and 50O,00O monthly after Allowing for new construction. The figure of 560,0O0 tons for April was gross. In June the losses had fallen 10 320,000 tons gross, and if the inn orovement were maintained those for July and August would be 175,OO0 each.
 Steps had been taken for quicken ing shipbuliding, and a good many ships had been ordered abroad. In 1915 the new tonnage built was 68S,- poo tons. In 1916 it was 53S. 900 tons. For the first six months of this year lt was 4S0,000 tons. The tonnage ac- uuired during the last six months would be 1,42O,000, of which 1,1OO,- 900 had been built in Great Britain. The total for the year would be 1,- 900, 900 tons. A considerable addi- tion also had been made in the pro- gram of naval construction.
 The shipping controller so far had shipping by means of better loading and hiring of ships more and by taking ships off longer voyages Thus, although the tonnage was diminished, they were carrying more tons.
 Premier Lloyd George said he be- lieved the shipping losses would grow smaller He was sure construction would increase if more ships were still needed. If the United States put for ward her full capacity as he had no doubt she was preparing to do in her own thorough way, there would be euAlcient tonnage not only for the whole of 1918, but, if necessary, for 1919.
 The Premier said he would not ex- change the military situation with the enemy adding: Our difficulties will diminish and our overs will increase The enemys difficulties will increase and their power diminish
 MT Lloyd George then read a mes sage from Field Marshal Haig about the fighting in Flanders, and conclud' ed:
 "This is the supreme hour for pa
 tience, for courage, for endurance, fol
 hope, for unity. Let us go through
 this hour with a temper that will en
 able us to destroy a great military des
 potism. Let us go through this houl with the old temper of our race, SC that next year we shall begin and thel sthe world will begin, to reap the fruit: sof our valor."
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