FOOD AND WAR
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(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN • NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 19th June. Earl Stanhope, in the House of Lords, asked if the Government would publish figures showing the minimum percentage of the different varieties of foodstuffs which it was considered necessary for strategic reasons should be grown in Britain and the Dominions. The Earl of Clarendon, replying, said it would be impossible to give even the approximate figures. The solution of the problem would necessarily vary with the. changing conditions of defence and sea transport. The problem would be further complicated by the great distances between England and the Dominions. It was inadvisable to give publicity to the deliberations on this question, which was closely connected with the defence of the Empire.
The Duke of Devonshire stated that the subject was actively engaging the attention of those making preparations in connection with the Imperial Conference.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 146, 21 June 1923, Page 7
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155FOOD AND WAR Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 146, 21 June 1923, Page 7
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