| Show BREAD SUPPLY TO ALLIES SAFE SAYS HOOVER I American can Farmers Save Day for Europeans Food Controllers l ron London on Jul July 23 Sp 2 Speaking J nt nl n a luncheon given In his honor by bythe the lord maor mayor at the th tho house hOlls today I Herbert rt c t C C. Hoover the American e I u food I I administrator gave guvo o a re review re of or the thc food situation situation I Wo Vo can sa say emphatically that that nil all anxiety as to the great essentials of oC food Is now past Mr Ir er Hoover de do- ci a red This was one of or the tho few social affairs which Mr Ir Hoover cr will wiIl attend during his sta stay In London There were present pres ent cat many distinguished public men In Including including in- in eluding Walter Waltel Hines Page the Amen Amen- nan uan ambassador or the Spanish ambassador t 01 dor and other allied and neutral diplomats diplo mats mat the archbishop of oC Carit Canterbury Cardinal Bourne archbishop of Westminster West minster the Marquis of or Lord Crawford Viscount Bryce former ambassador am am- bt to the United I Harcourt Viscount Baron Daron I Burnham Lord Robert nobert Cecil a assistant lI I secretary of ot state for Corci foreign n affairs Viscount Devonport former British h food tood controller Arthur J J. J Balfour DalCour foreign foreign for for- eign elm secretary lohn Robert Clynes British h. h food tood controller I rOU of ot UI the colonial I premiers an and cabinet who ho are arc here attending the imperial conference Oscar Oscal T T. Crosby financial commissioner for tor the United States MaJ Gen John Diddle lc commanding the iho American Americ n forces In lit the thc United Kingdom King King- dom and many Imperial l and civic of of- of S Win In In Reviewing no what bat already had been done in hi the Wl way of inci increased eased production tion and ana saving In consumption U by I voluntary efforts and rationing Mr lr Hoover cr said the exertion of the thc American Amen Ameri can agricultural authorities and farmers farmers farm farm- ers rs had hai borne Lorne such fruit that there will Ill be hc no need during durm- the next twelve twel twelvemonths months for tor any an- restriction on the volume vol vol- ume of ot to be shipped to the thc allies Continuing Mr Ir Hoover cr said It hIt will be the joint conclusion of ot m my colleagues I Mn In the European countries that wo we can get set alon along witla le less s moderate mod- mod orate erate mixture of ot other cereals cereal In the loaf Jont and ahIl thus pros JHO provide Ide better hetter bread for forthe forthe the the- people who are arc opposed to Germany German Mr 11 Hoover er pointed out ont however cr that with restricted shipping the en entente eu- eu tente allies must face a a. reduction In iii fodder Imports and thus a decrease I in III animal products until the submarine had been overcome O and shipping re re- re stored This degeneration In production he added adde would be e continuous throughout the war Ho lie contended that thal It would bo i o good strategy to devote European land to breadstuff production and to send I n n I m a 1 v vs l ht us 1 t A A 1 f AI 1 1 u v from the United States tates ThoDI America At the mansion house luncheon the first Tirol speaker was J J. J Austen Chamberlain Chamber- Chamber lain aln lain member of ot the war ca cabinet who expressed In warm arm terms on behalf of ot the he government appreciation to Mr Ir Hoover and tho the people of ot the United States for or time the help rendered tho the common common cornmon com corn mon cause particularly through h the sacrifice keif-sacrifice of oC a people in a land of or Ph plen lenty e n t tap e We have been able to tide over O times of ot great grent difficulty and moments of or grave anxiety as to the sustenance of oC our OUI population said Mr Chamberlain for tor which we are arc under a lasting debt debtor of or gratitude to Mr Hoover Hoo and the people eople of ot the United Stat States s This has been jeen Americas America's portion o of or tho the war wat burden In a common fight for or right though now the they have hare come to help us not In lii foodstuffs alone but with brave and ind gallant troops Referring to to Emperor Williams William's fa famous famous ta- ta reference to the contemptible British army which Mr Air Chamberlain said would never ne be fot forgotten gotten nor forgiven forgiven forgiven for for- given b by the present or future generations goner gener allons the speaker continued The German higher command commana In this camp campaign has experienced one deception tion as to tho the m military III tar value of or the British army It seems as all If It tho they are beginning to ha have hao o another deception as asto asto asto to the tho extent of tho the value alue of or the United States forces Great Is Proud to call such mc men brothers brother in ha arms and to renew an and cement thc on-thc field fold or of battle the ol old ties tie shi which h have have- I bound together them an and us lis I |
