ENGLAND'S "DEAD ACRES"

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3094, 26 May 1917, Page 7

ENGLAND'S "DEAD ACRES"

• Official ' Germany-is r sorely-displease* . wHli Mr. Frothero's plans to increase food production in Great Britain (says tlio "Dailv Hail"). A solemn leading article in tlio "Cologne; Gazette (March 0) *arns him that - be is pursuing a hopeless ambition, and" that U-boats will gradually accomplish the, country s doom. "The acres of Great Britain are like a corpse which is to be galvanised Bnt it will never be possible, to convert this corpse into a strong organism-.capable;of fulfilling vital functions.. -It is Anuch. too "le tor that. The German U-boats can therefore quietly complete their work. 1 England cannot safeguard her seaborne supplies sliced no-longer feed e Zt . Al the measures that are being hVen are measures of desperation which "man inadequate to produce results Who,", indeed'is the agrifalhjra wealtti „f England bidden? _ fine lands at Diner, travels to London on the S.ly. »™ Chatham line, and is filled with endless So! hment at «■« bnrwn tandscap. • which unfolds itself. Almost .nowhere ,loes one see those waves of grain wh.ch llJmotc a country's natural productivity. One encounters meadows,' paries, and laciniT towns, and then more factory towns,, parts, and mnndows. with here and there perhaps, a -TiTl'. on wmcli a few sheep - Jre browsing. «it. ..»<rr-nir nerhaps a few hop noiiUrv. orTi-uit districts m parts, of . Kent; Somerset, and Tortslii'c. whet* fb« soil is richer lhaiv-elsewhere, and • where farming 'pays.' agriculture in Bntaiu is as good -is non-e\istmit. An miriH«s with the Bnelisli land are not pos- , Millie The. TCngUsh must keep their MS routes open, or they must go imdor.

Speak™-of his ™rk as President of the British Local Government, BoaTd, Lord Rhondda said, he-.vas going to concentrate his efforts-on saving: tho lives of as many children as be-.cqnW. He telicvcil that by ■ proper .administration 1 , on o in tho ««t yearrf tteir lit« A least 50,000 children could, ho eared who «re now l~t thresh'mmljmow. ignorance, and insanitay surroundings. •■HARD BISCUITS, AND BULLY BEEF. 4 <oldier'e diet may never tax jour sential *> g<W . *. teeA health. .A*'-•"*..?.■ °>TkoTjn«fnl D*nW . p. Sommemlfe. The Hen Ust," Molesworth ; .