Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-23
Britain's Premier Declares A.
lied Cause Rests on Solving
of Shipping Problem.
SITUATION CALLS
FOR GRAVE MEASURES
Certain Imports to Be Restricted.
! Government to Guarantee
Prices to Farmers.


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Lloyd George said in q speech in the
house of commons TODAY that the sue-
cess OF the allied cause depended on
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nc si'uA'ioi' ne e"'
Aoi 'ne siaNS' measures
e ''o'As Vi io'o i'i Urea. britain At
'he present liihe are lower thah they
ever have been before. Mr.. Lloyd
George said 1t was essential for the
l;<a ne tho n.,;on a.. a.o,.r.d .t,.
i'i0 VI 'iie i@'ioii' ne oecidreo' tual
crease pDSs''e bame erodnotioD ehUrt O0 mace IN
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p'si''i9' saiu 'nefe WAS no sure va!
70 victory without hunting the sub1na-
rines from the deem
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-1iioi NUS saori"oes were necessary
from the brltlsh public, said Mr.. Lloyd
nosed to disnense wi,b .u non.ssssnti.,
importations to save tonnage.
There was a crowded house at the
speclal meeting held today to listen TO
tion of imnorts and the encoura gement
of agriculture Among those in the
9lpioniaslc gaiiery were premier bor-
Zea,snd and nag rarrasan.s,;u.s ~,
alIied nations ard +ha 5a,nin;ons
A '
snccess nenanda nm Tonna~.
The premier said the ultimate success
of tia ,1,tad c,,sa 6anana.a q, .h
."e
soiulioh VI .he tohiase oiihcuities with
which they were confronted. Before the
war British tonnage had been inst ade-
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quaee' anu Siiee Iiiat 'iihe 'hete Hro
| been an enormous increase in the de-
mand for tonnage. More than 100000
tons of British shipping had been al
t1dted 10 France alone ana very cor
RYssla and Italy. In addition. con-
| Mr. Lloyd George said that for some
| time there mas been shortage OF ton
The nst;an and ever si;ght short...
in the tonnage for military purposes
The nation should realize absolutely
VIA. Inc eohui'ionS
Must Take Drastic Measures-
NJ
so -. - '1D
marine hieheSe' oue - ene na'ion Is hot
prepared to accept drastic measures
for dealing with the menace disaster is
oeiore us-
The government is nopeiui OF nndins
but we should be guilty of folly il we
of realization OF that hope. We have
to deal -ruthlessiy ana promptly with
.ns ~ tGnnaso , aot sacrifSc.s me- ~.
country.
There are three sets of measures;
,n. riis.. ~ rrs me ma fSrs, La as ~ "a
miraIty): second. the building of mer-
chant ships; third, dispensing with un-
necessary comihoeitles @ IRON aosoau,
nnssihie at home"
minimum 1races iof wneae.
For wheat the government will guar.
~ 49, f,rmar +ha fo,,ou;n1 ,r,r,
'h'ee Ie Inv
mum prices per quarter For the pres
ent year. so shillings; for 1918 and
1910 s5 shiIlines. for 1920. 1921 and
lsZZ. 40 shiiiines'
Brewing VIII be cut down to lo,ooo,-
wv Wv, ' r,;,, he m.ne in the ou,nut q,
spirits, effecting a saving of 100000
tons of foodstuffs.
- ..hIa waters viii he nrohihi,e,l
Power will be given to the board OF
agriculture to compel land owners to
cultivate their gfoahu.
Farm Labor Wace
The minimum wage for farm labor
announced by Mr.. Lloyd George-25
,,;I,;s vael,-rsnresents an In
ao
crease u Nv ~ " P
present prevailing payment
rrh. ;mnortation of paper. the nre-
.u
a further $4,000 tons annually.
fhe lmpor'a'ioh VI appies' 'oiha.oes
and fruits VIII De prohlpiteo entifeiy.
The only exceptions made In the pro-
hibition of fruit importations VIII be
in the cases of oranges and bananas,
in which the amount prousht IN VIII
pe .t;a,, Lsse, LII apni, r. nuts Canned
salmon importa tions will be reduced so
per cent. The importation of foreign
tea, coffee md cocoa is prohibited, ana
even the amount of India tea which
may be brought in is reduced.