THE FOOD CRISIS IN BRITAIN

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 101, 22 January 1918, Page 5

THE FOOD CRISIS IN BRITAIN

EQUAL TO GERMANY'S TWO YEARS AGO STATEMENT BY THE FOOD CONTROLLER London, January 19. Lord Rhondda, Food Controller, speaking at the Aldwych Club, said: "Without wishing to alarm the public, I have to state that we have readied the state which Germany reached two years ago." Now her position was perilous. Ho deprecated attempts to set class against class. The rich and middle classos had responded more generally to the economy appeal than the wage-earners. Thero was no evidence that farmers were deliberately withholding supplies. He concluded that there was 110 prospect of a meat famine such as affects Germany, but they might have to economise..more in meat for a few months.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THREATENING TONE AMONGSt THE WORKERS London, January 20. Thero are instances of workers adopt- j ing a threatening tone regarding the food shortage. A number of workmen at Middlesbrough abstained from work, and a deputation to the local Food Committee declared that they working sixteen hours a day on '.read and jam. Manchester and the surrounding areas have agreed to adopt a ration scheme when the Food Controller is able to guarantee supplies. Crowds in Sheffield besieged the Belgian refugees' horseflesh shops, where a large sale was made.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FISH (PRICES FIXED. London, January 20. The Food Controller has fixed the maximum retail prices of fish. Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.