IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 20, 15 May 1914, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

FOOD SUPPLIES IN WAR TIME. [Bt Electric Telegraph—Copyright] iUmiED Press Association^ London, May 14. Mr A. F. Bird (Conservative) in the House of Commons, raised a discussion on food supplies in war time. He urged the relieving of taxes on the land to encourage corn-growing, also the encouragement of shipowners to build greyhound grain-carriers. Mr A. H. Lee (Conservative) said the Government persistently neglected the matter. Home supplies were decreasing, and foreign supplies increasing. Meanwhile, the relative %?aval strength was steadily waning. Mr Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Agriculture, denied that the navy had been weakened. The concentration in the North Sea had freed us from hostile peril in many parts of the world. The Imperial Defence Comnlittee was considering the question of food supplies, and had also consulted and made certain arrangements with the overseas governments. There was no ground for anxiety, as there was always sixteen weeks’ supplies at hand. THE IPSWICH SEAT. (Received 9.45 a.m.) London, May 14. Mr Masterman is recommended as a candidate for Ipswich. A SNAP DIVISION. (Received 9.45 a.m.) London, May 14. In a snap division on Order business in the House of Commons, the Government’s majority was onlv