SUBMARINE MENACE AND THE MEAT SUPPLY

Evening Star, Issue 15899, 3 September 1915, Page 4

SUBMARINE MENACE AND THE MEAT SUPPLY

In the House of Lords on July 7 the Earl of Selborno (President of the Board of Agriculture) when moving the second reading of the Maintenance of Live Stock BDI (which imposes restrictions upon the slaughter of certain animals for human food) said there was some daneer of a shortage in the supply of meat from abroad for the civilian population, and therefore the Government believed thev should have the power to preserve carefully our own live stock in the United Kingdom. One of the causes which mieht contribute to the shortage of the foreizii meat supply was the submarine menace He thougnt the degree to which our navv and the daring seamanship of our mer* cantilo marine had thwarted the intentions of the.GermanNavy was very wonderful, but it was still the fact that German submarines were taking.steady toll of out shipping, and the longer the waf went on the larger would be the number of submarines engaged in this work of destruction. It was probable that the Germans were putting their whole shipbuilding strength-into the building of submarines. Therefore we must expect the submarine menace to increase and it would not be the fault of the German Government if they failed to deal a mortal blow at our carrying trade, and especially that part of it winch brought food to &is country. As sensible men they had to look' that danger straight in the face. There wa« na need to exaggerate it, bub it would be foolish net to acknowledge its existence o„- to calculate the consequences which might ensuo if our navy were less successful in thm> vigilance and the German: >,avy were moro successful in its attack

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