Evening star., 1917-10-25
NORTHCuFFE LAUDS
AMERICAN RESPONSE
Effecting of Draft and Other
l Cooperation Appeals
to Brit0n.
URGES SPEED ON SHIPPING

CHICAGO, October 25.-Lord North
ellie, head of England's special mission
70 this country, was the guest of hon.
or at a banquet of the Chicago Asso-
citation of Commerce held at a hotel
last night. The menu was wheatless
IN conformity with the request of the
National Food Administration. In ad-
dition It was liquorless. At its close
the distinguished Briton received
welcome lasting several minutes when
he arose to speak.
II am one of those who say quite
plainly. and believe absolutely. that We
are only at the very beginning of this
strange and mysterious thing that is
passing over the world" he said
"Every person who thinks that war
Is approaching it's close very naturally
diminishes his or her ardor IN the
prosecution of the war. This is a war
of the many behind the army. In the
old days a war was chiefly fought by
soldiers Today il is achieved by loan
subscribers. mechanics, controllers or
) great munitions plants. farm producers
and in my own country very largely by
women who have taken up mans work
Finds Great Enthusiasm.
Sometimes my friends here tell me
they think the people are not yet suf-
dciently earnest about the war. But
have found tremendous enthusiasm
in the United States for the war and a
gradual understanding of the fact that
st is in the essence world revolution.
In your American cities you have
capacity for getting together, for com
bination. that we have not yet learned.
] have found no lack Of enthusiasm
anywhere l have been in this country.
Here today in a city, l am told. which
,1g,ts hr,r
seldorf, / have witnessed an enthusi
aSm that is inspiring.
Now. let US be frank. We have been
told that YOU must put 6,00o.9oo tons
of ships in the water in 1918. | see
no signs of such a tonnage in 1918. l
do see signs Of filing sixteen great
cantonments: of the manufacture of
immense amounts of munitions but do
not see the signs of that bridge across
the Atlantic, without which all this re-
cruiting. all this enthusiasm, all this
manufacturing will be null and void.
Therefore, I urge you. entreat you.
20 believe that your army without
transports will be valueless.
Power to Build Ships
"You have the power to build these
ships. You are easily the most adapt
able mechanical nation in the world.
If you set your mind to build these
ships you do it easily you
ducing 100,00o.000 people to consent to
military conscription. What was our
great difficulty you accomplished in a
night. To me the thing seemed like
miracle.
1T is no doubt because of their
knowledge of the fact that shipbuild-
ing is not making the progress here
that it should that the Germans affect
to believe that you will not be able to
enter the war in sufficient time to be
of value in the war. In this matter of
shipping you strike at a vital point in
the waging of this war If you cannot
get the supplies to the men it seems
to me almost idle to add to your al
ready vast army.
aGet together on this as you have on
other things pertaining to the war and
you will make yours the army that re-
stores peace to the world-not an
early peace, but the peace to which we
are ali looking forward SO eagerly.
Explains Food Prices.
'Now. as to the extraordinary fact
and shipped to Great Britain is sold
there cheaper than in this country. 1t
seems a paradox that flour should be
cheaper in London than in Mime
simple one. Our government is taking
money out of the pockets of the rich
to put cheap -four into the mouths of
the poor. Our white -four is subsidized
TO the extent OIL SsVV.UUV,UUU d year.
1t is. therefore. sold under cost. That
is why our people are getting Ameri-
can -four cheaper than your people.
TN respect to other articles of food
consumption you must remember that
we have a very strict control The
people of Great Britain have seized
the mills and have taken control of the
wholesale and retail stores. They
have enforced very strict laws against
profiteer.1g.
"These are some of the reasons why
food in Great Britain has not reached
the famine prices it might have been
expected to reach. We ask you to con-
serve your food-not for our civilian
population at all. That population can
take care of itself. We have the great
fear that there may be a shortage of
food for the boys who are going
through the hell of fire in the trenches.
We ask you to Join US In food produc-
fion and in food conservation. It is
necessary that you. well as we. see
to It that those who are bearing the
greatest sacrifice of all shall not suffer