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March 11, 1940.
BRITAIN AT WAR-New Exclusive Series of Articles
ENGLAND CAN'T BE STARVED
The Article below, second in our new series, is written by a neutral observer,
REAT BRITAIN has literally
put all 'her eggs in one bas- ket, her butter in one tub and her sugar in one bowl and labelled them a "pool”—a product of Mars from which wartime rations are being drawn.
After-less than six months of war, Britain decreed curtailment of consump tion of butter, sugar, ham, bacon and meat. It was not until 1918 that compulsory rationing was introduced in the work war, but the government and the man in the street remember those days with a shudder.
In that fateful week of February, 1918, more than 1,500.- 000 persons lined up in wintry streets before food shops. On the Saturday before rationing began, 500,000 lined up hoping to obtain only potatoes.
In munitions plants, workers lay down their tools to take their exhausted wives to their places in food queues. Soldiers wrote bitter let- ters from the front, complaining of this treatment of their families. The minister of food, Lord Rhondda, feared revolution unless immediate relief was given.
There is no such prospect to-day. Despite German submarine, aerial and mine-layer warfare, unending ship convoys creep into Britain's ports with cargoes from all parts of the world in contrast to Britain's heavy food shipping losses in the world war.
Brend continues į potatoes. Campaigns have been plentiful, but Bri-started to build up enthusiasm for tain was recently home and community gardening forced to borrow plots. wheat stocks from
The ministry hopes to attain France and critics G00,000 new garden plots, from of the govern- which. It estimates produce will ment claim there bring in 3,760,000 pounds sterling has been a heavy a year. It maya no experience is reduction of Bri- needed, but expert advice is avail tain's pro-war ablc. Citizena are invited to visit wheat reserve. demonstration plots on which vege Likewise, barley table seedlings are being grown for stocks have drop distribution. ped, suggesting
Newspapers proclaim that “ration- there may be ing is good for you." Diet experts shortage, but n explain that food restrictions Im- thorities admit it prove health and lower the death- may only be neces-rate. They clte, for example, that sary eventually to in the last war Denmark's death weaken England's rate full 34 per cent. when Danes the top of each bottle of milk, place to solve food problems. Down on vegetarians, have made the most But active steps are being taken that soldiers from India, who are bad little ment. They point out in a cool place eight or ten days
While only a fraction of Britain's merchant marine has been lost thus far, authorities emphasise this gigantic war effort requires bullets instead of butter, bully beef for the troups rather than breakfast bacon. Every spoonful of sugar saved-Britain expects to reduce her sugar im- ports 25 per cent.-will sweelen Britain's foreign exchange reserve for purchase of airplanes and munitions.
Mindful of the last war's lessons and the fact Germany has been on a virtual rationing basis for several years, the government began pre- parations to tighten the citizens']
belts with a minimum of con- fusion-not, however, without some grumbling and even severe criticism of a ration which will barely sweeten the tea, butter the bread and make forced meatless days.
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Since the average citizen has suffered little hardship, except the
urmics of buxom girls growing! Britain's food.
Wartime recipes and ration hints are becoming regular featured newspaper columns on economy in butter, use of honey as a substitute for sugar in puddings and cakes, olive oil for butter in pastry and use of herring roes for bacon sub- stitutes.
IN Sussex, sheep-now doubly blackout this far in this war, the valuable for "macon" (mutton-Food Ministry has emphasised every bacon)are meeting a similar citizen should gladly contribute to the war effort by cheerfully sub- Shortly after outbreak of theị
But the government is gradually mitting to rationing which is far war, the ration plan worked controlling this situation by taking less rigid than Germany's.
Finally, housewives are facing_a like a census. Overnight, work-over control of sale, slaughter and
THE "conchic" who doesn't rising cost of living. Not only Nonetheless, British housewives want to fight has to shoulder n eggs, fish, bacon and cheese prices are pondering substitute menus for ers distributed forms and re-distribution of all livestocks,
Housewives have been advised the norman! Beltish groaning boards hoe and fight potato bugs when have advanced, but those of cloth- collected them. Then every in- for butter substitutes to "beat up of hot roast beef, meat pies, rich courts rule they must engage ining, coal, gas and other commodities dividual in Britain received the white of one egg with a pound puddings and particularly high agricultural work.
because of convoying expenses and rati 'ration book and registered with of margarine
tlioroughly leas" with hot buttered scones,
increasing shipping rates and In- blended, and put away to harden takes and heavily sweetened ten, A pig in every back yard has be-surance charges. the dealer of his choice, who this tastes exactly like the best The bacon quota allows only one come the Food Ministry's slogan. Likewise, there have been charges estimated the total quantities butter." Or, Make the cream from; good bacon breakfast a werk,' Englishmen are even being urged of profiteering, but the government needed. This enabled authori-!
to sacrifice their prized flower gar- has promised relief in this quarter dens and plant ranner beans or by inflicting heavy penalties. ties to work out distribution to meet problems-of-transferred populations such as evacuees, civil servants and soldiers,
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Critics said "Mr. Pool" took 150,000,000 pounds of ten from London warehouses, scattered it around the country, gathered it up again and mixed it up still they couldn't tell China tea from the cheap-side brand.
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ALDERMAN SIR CHARLES Mc- Rea, the Guildhali magistrate, de- clined an Invitation to sing "What Shall We Do With the Drunken Bat- fort" in his court.
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Sir Charles McRea; It seems elcurrencies at fates which will be quoted on to me that you are a happy-go-lucky chap,
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I think thuit last night you were very merry.
Lentern: Very jolly, sir.
Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on application. The Bank's Head OMẹo in London undertakes Executor & Trustee businem, Sir Charles: I think it is a part of and claims recovery of British Income your nature. I am only going to Im-x overpaid, on terms which may be pose a nominal fine of 59,, or one trained at any of its Agencie" and day, which means that you can go ns soon as the Court rises. Don't let that jolly nature of yours get over: you.
Lentern: Sir, I wish you a happy New year.
"Could You Sing It?"
Brancher.
R. A. CAMIDGE,
Manager.
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The following is the agenda for Tuesday's meeting of the Urban
Sir Charles: I don't wish to see unyCouncil:
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the old song, "What Shall We Do Consideration of S letler from With the Drunken Sailor?"
Government relative to the election Lentern: Aye, sir. Could you sing of Dr. A. M. Rodrigues to be a
member of the to us? (Laughter.)
Urban Council;- Sir Charles: Well, no, I can't oblige application for cating house you now.
licence for No. 7, Pokfulam Road, Lentern: Well then, once again, ground floor; and application for
a happy New Year to you. food shop (frulls) licerice for the Sir Charles: Thank you very much, premises on Kowloon Inland Lot Nos. and the same to you, my boy. I hope 4143 and 4123, Tong Mi Road (The you'll keep out of trouble,
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