URGENT CALL FOR WHEAT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 11, 28 January 1918, Page 5

URGENT CALL FOR WHEAT

BRITISH CONTROLLER CABLES AMERICA MUST HAVE FOOD, OR-? AMERICA'S MESSAGE OF HOPE (Itec. January 27, 5.5 p.m.) t t,> Washin Ston, January 243. Lord Rhondda, on behalf of the Briish, l'rench, and Italian Governments, has cabled to Mr. Hoover: "Unless you are able to send 75,000,000 bushels of wheat above what you exported to February 1, irrespective of the Canadian exports, 1 cannot take the responsibility of assuring our people there will be sufficient food to win the war. !t now lies with America to decide whether the Allies shall have enough food to hold out until the Americans take the iield." Mr. Hoover replied: "I will export e )" ei '.Y grain that America can save above normal consumption. We will not fail to meet the emergency." Mr. Hoover stated that America had already exported 60,000,000 bushels, but it was absolutely necessary that the country should reduce the present consumption by 30 per cent.—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RATIONING SCHiES IN BRITAIN London, January 20. Lord Rhondda, speaking at the Mansion House, announced that meat would bo rationed on February 25. Compulsory rationing was inevitable and urgent, and the wholo country would shortly be governed by rationing schomes, which would be developed into a national system. Ho proposed to provide a fixed fair share of meat, margarine, and tea for each district, and to see that they were supplied according to their necessities. He proposed to start with a level ration of meat_ for adults, and half that ration for children under six. There was no ground for suspicion that well-to-do peoplo were. getting more • than the workers.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE MEAT ALLOWANCE. (Rec. January 27, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 26. It is understood tliat the London Home Counties' ration scheme will allow weekly a pound of .neat to each adult, and eight ounces to children under six.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.