CABLE NEWS [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.]

Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 35, 10 August 1905, Page 5

CABLE NEWS [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.]

IN THE EVENT OF WAR. BRITAIN'S FOOD SUPPLY. ROYAL COMMISSION'S REPORT. [FKESS ASSOCIATION.] LONDON, 9th August. The full report of the Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the question of food supply in time of war, is now published. In addition, to the particulars then given, the report adds that as Britain relies mainly on the strength of her navy, and only in a lesser degree on the widespread resources of th© mercantile fleet, it believes that a guarded, well, considered scheme of national indemnity against loss from capture -woulf 1 add powerfully to th© country's resources, tend to keep down the cost of transport, go far to prevent de-arness of food in war-time, and stimulate ship-owners to enterprise. The minority report demurs at the suggested indemnity, but Tecommerids the appointment of a committee on the subject. It recommends the establishment of national grain stores. A precis jf the report was published last week. The Commission considered th© impossibility of a wholesale blockade- of the coast rendered th© supply •of food comparatively safe under almost every conceivable state of things. The laws of supply and demand ensured ample importations. 'Nevertheless the Commission did not discourage an experiment for the storage of grain for times of emergency. A minority Teport ■was of a more alarmist nature, and urged the adoption of immediate, practical precautions.