CRUCIAL STAGE OF THE WAR
NO GROUND FOR APPREHEN- ; SION London, May 4. Mr. Asquith, addressiug tho Eighty Club, said it could not be too plainly stated that the war had reached n. crucial stage, owing to. the,rapid 1 and formidable development of submarine warfare, but he thought there was no doubt whatever of the ultimate issue. From 1914 the Government had steadily brought wheat from all parts of the world, and greater quantities were stored in Britain than ever before. Similar steps had been, taken with'tho meat and dairy produce supplies. Our enemies might be assured that the challenge would be met by the whole British people and the Allies with readiness and resolve. Though we must realise 1 that thero is a great strain which tho nation must long support, there was noground for financial _ -apprehension. There were now two prime necessities ' —the supply of skilled agricultural lab--our and the encouragement of tillage. He trusted a solution would soon 1)0 reached. A settlement of tho Irish question was also probable. —Aus.-N.Z Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3072, 7 May 1917, Page 5
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175CRUCIAL STAGE OF THE WAR Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3072, 7 May 1917, Page 5
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