HOW AMERICA CAN ASSIST

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 91, 17 April 1917, Page 7

HOW AMERICA CAN ASSIST

MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT TO PEOPLE

STRENGTHENING THE FOOD SUPPLIES

N WASHINGTON, 15th April. President Wilson-has issued a message to the people of the United States.He says :— ■ "Our entrance into this grim and horrible war for the cause of democracy and human rights creates the gravest of, problems in our national life. We are rapidly putting the navy upon an effective war footing, and are about to create and equip a great army. We must supply foodstuffs not only for ourselves but for the Allies beside whom we are fighting.

"We must supply ships by hundreds, coal, steel, rails, locomotives, horses, and everything which the Allies cannot now afford men, materials, and machinery, to make. . "There shall be no unwarranted manipulation of food supplies by middlemen, who will be expected to forego unusual profits and expedite shipments." The President urges concentrated effort to secure the greatest possible harvest, and suggests that; farmers in the South should plant foodstuffs in addition to cotton. The Government will give every assistance towarfls harvesting and transporting produce. Supplies must be maintained, no matter how many ships are sent to the bottom. America must correct its unpardonable waste and extravagance. The President urges personal and national economy, and the conversion of the industrial forces of the great internal service army to the production of foodstuffs for the Allies supreme need. The world's food reserves were low, and unless there was abundant food for the peoples of the Allies, the Allies whole great enterprise upon which they had embarked would break down and fall. ■ y "For the supreme test which is to come," concludes the President, r'jve must speak, and act, and serve together."

MR. BALFOUR AT WASHINGTON

(Eeceived Apriri7, 8.10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, 16th April. Mr. A. J. Balfour (British Foreign Secretary), who is to cßnsult with the United States authorities as to the joint conduct of the war, has arrived here.

MR. BRYAN AS RECRUITING AGENT

(Received April 17, 9 a.m.) WASHINGTON, 16th April. Mr. W. J. Bryan has offered his services to President Wilson in any capacity—even as a private in the firing line. President Wilson haa suggested that Mr. Bryan should engage in a recrniting campaign throughout the country, urging the citizens to do their duty.

THE BOND BILL

(Received April 17, 9 a.m.) WASHINGTON, 16th April. The Senate Committee has reported favourably on the Bond Bill.

[The Administration is asking for authority to raise £1,000,000,000, of which amount £600,000,000 will be used for,the purchase of Entente 3i per cent- yta.v bonds.]