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Show ENGLAND FEELS PINCH. John Bull has long been noted as the heartiest feeder in the world and it will be extremely difficult for him to get along on short rations if the necessity neces-sity ever arises. We do not suppose food is so very scarce in England, but the prices are high and there is considerable con-siderable waste, if the board of trade view be correct. Under the defense of the realm act the board has issued an order that after the ISth of tho present month no meal exceeding three courses between 6 p. m. and 9:o0 p. m. or two courses at any other time may be served in any hotel, restaurant or public place. Another order to be issued at an early date will forbid both in' public places and private houses the consumption on certain days of meat, poultry and game. If conditions in England are such that it is necessary to curtail the con-sum; con-sum; 'tion of food the other belligerent countries must be in much worse fix. The sea is open to Great Britain and the I nation has both money and credit with which to secure food from any quarter of the world where it is to be had. The other countries are not so well off in any respect and we fear their soldiers in the trenches and on the firing line will be tightening up their belts before spring in order that their stomachs may fit their rations. It was for a similar purpose, that a union soldier once ate ijreee persimmons, if we may believe the 'ory related of General Sherman and one of his men, the latter being caught eating the unripe fruit on the march ''from the Atlantic to the sea." It is said that an army ''fights on its stomach" aud the statement is probably prob-ably approximately true. This being the case, if it becomes necessary to curtail cur-tail the food allowance of the soldiers to any great extent it will be impossible impossi-ble to continue the war. The folks at home can bo safely stinted, but not the men who are making superhuman efforts ef-forts to win victory on the banks of the Somine, in the Alps, ou the Danube, in Macedonia and on ail the other battle fronts. With winter 'coming on, the outlook for both civilian and soldier is anything but bright, and those who survive will not want another such experience ex-perience next year. |