1940-03-11 — Page 23

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BRITAIN AT WAR-New

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 11, 1940.

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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 world 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- The ters from the front, complaining of this treatment of their families. minister of food, Lord Rhondda, feared revolution unless immediate relief was given.

There je no such prospect to-day. Despite German submarine, aerial and mine-layer warfare, unending ship 'convoys creep into Britain's ports with rgoes from all parts of the world in contrast to Britain's heavy food shipping losses in the world war.

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Bread continues | potatoes. Campaigns have beau plentiful, but Bri- started to build up enthusion: for tain was recently home and community gardening forced to borrow | plots.

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respect of the year 1030. there may be ing is good for you." Diet exports shortage, but a explain that food restrictions im- thorities admit it) may only be neces-rate. They cite, for example, that prove health and lower the_death- sary eventually to in the last war Denmark's death weaken England's beer.

rate fell 34 per cent, when Danas to solve food problems, Down on vegetarians, have made the most But netivo steps are being taken that soldiers from India, who are had little meat. They point out in a cool place eight or ten daya the farm there are now iuge, land rapid recovery from wounde and widp into a stiff consistency."

armies of buxom girls growing Since the average citizen has Britain's food. auffered little hardship except the

While only a fraction of Britain's merchant marine has been lost. thus far, authoritles emphasise this gigantic war effort requires bullets instead of butter, bully beef for the troops rather than breakfast bacon, Every spoonful of sugar saved--Britain expects to reduce her sugar im- ports 25 per cent.-will sweeten 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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Wartime reelpes and ration hints becoming regular featured newspaper columns on economy in butter, use of honoy 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 thus 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- fate. Shortly after outbreak of the

But the government is gradually mitting to rationing which to 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 "conchio" who doesn't rising cost of living. Not only Nonetheless, British housewives distribution of all livestocks.

are pondering substitute menus for want to fight has to shoulder a eggs, fish, bacon and cheese pricca era distributed forms and re- Housewives have been advised the normal British 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 in ing, coal, gas and other commodities dividual in Britain received a the white of one egg with a pound puddings and particularly high agricultural work.

because of convoying expenses and until thoroughly tena" with hot buttered scones, ration book and registered with of margarine

increasing shipping rates and in- blended, and put away to harden- cakes 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, "take the cream fromį good bacon breakfast a week. Englishmen are even being urged of profiteering, but the government to sacrifice their prized flower gar- has promised relief in this quarter dens and plant runner beans or by inflicting heavy penalties.

needed. This enabled authori- ties to work out distribution to meet problems of transferred populations such as evacuees, civil servants and soldiers.

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"MR, POOL,” whom the Ger- man radio for a time belioved was the food controller, became the most unpopular symbol of

war.

Critics said "Mr. Pool" took 150,000,000 pounds of tea 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.

Hitler threatened a "blitzkrieg," and authorities thought Nazi bom- bers would come. Tho grent Smithfield meat market in London was closed and scattered through- out the country. Critics said the result was oversupplies of meat in some sections and scarcity in others Bomo districts going without beef and others without ham or bacon, Butter was hauled about the coun try by bargo and railway. Some loft on the sldings become raneld. The fine New Zealand product was mixed with Danish and other brands until a pool butter, or "national butter," emerged. This has beon the only type available aince Feb. 1. Down in Devon and Wiltshire, an auguished squealing echoes across the rolling countryølde. Farmers say they are forced to slaughter their pigs because of acute shortage of food. In Ayrshire, the rugged Scottish cattle country, there is a rias last roundup as cattle prices and breeders and farmers assort Britain has on hand only about two-thirds the required feed for cattle?

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