THE MENACE OF THE SUBMARINE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3063, 26 April 1917, Page 5

THE MENACE OF THE SUBMARINE

GRAVE STATEMENT BY FOOD (ECONOMY, DIRECTOR , „ URGENT APPEAL TO THE ] PUBLIC ■■"■■}. London, April 24. : Mr. -Kennedy Jones' (Director-Gen-, eral of the Food .Economy Department), declares ithat the-submarine menace is , greater than ever. .Unless : Britain! further reduces the consumption, of. breadstuffs it may be brought to the edge of disaster before the nest har-. vest. . ■ ' ■■■.■■%■ Lord Devonport,states that the latest estimate of Canada's exportable wheat is much below the reported eighty-one , million, bushels. Be denies that the British Government has sold-any. wheat held in .'America.—Aus.rN.Z. 'Oable-' Assn. ' ■'■■■; CORN PRODUCTION BILL PLEA. FOB. INDEPENDENT SUPPLIES. .London, April' 24. ' In the House., of Commons, Mr. E., E. Prothero, Minister for Agriculture, in .moving the second reading of tho •Corn Production Bill, emphasised the necessity for greater independence of .foreign supplies. It was desirable to make rural life more prosperous. The Bill vras a national, not a measure. ' If we produced eighty-two per cent., which represented the requirements for five years, the remainder could be made xxn by storage and economies. In order to obtain this result it was necessary to increase the arable areas from' nineteen to twentyseven million acres. A.further .quarter of a, million men were required on the land of Britain. The Minister added that 330,000 acres would he put down in corn audpotatoes this year, and in Ireland the irca would ho 700,000 acres. Mr. Bunciman explained that the measure, which was. controversial, was intended to lay the nermaneni foundation of an acricultural policy.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ; . SPAIN AND THE HUNS AN EMPHATIC DEMAND. . . Amsterdam, April 24. ■ The Gazette" states that Spain's Note to Germaiiy emphatically repeats the demand that Spanish lives on ships shall be respected.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. HOSTAGES ON HOSPITAL SHIPS FlffiNCH INTIMATION TO THE HUNS. Paris, April 24. The- French Government has Jiotificd Germany that it is embarking German prisoners on hospital ships.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ,