Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-18 | Page 5 | Would Rather have Food than Soldiers

WOULD RATHER HAVE FOOD TIMERS London Daily Telegraph Discusses the Vital Transportation Trans-portation Question. LONDON. Friday, March lo. The leading lead-ing editorial in the Daily Telegraph today to-day is captioned "The Peril of Sea Transport." Trans-port." It characterizes the formation of an entente allied maritime transport council as a new link between the associated asso-ciated nations, and says: "We are approaching -the supreme test or the issue which depends on merchantmen. merchant-men. It may be a matter for serioun consideration con-sideration by the United States govern- I mont whether it may not give more es- j scntial aid at this moment by holdin? I back temporarily further reinforcements for their army with a consequent increase in-crease In the quantity of ocean-borne supplies." The paper asserts that If American ! soldiers continue to come over at the present raU-t, tonnage which misrht be devoted de-voted to food will be utilized for military instead of economic purposes, and while both the. soldiers and the. food are required, re-quired, the latter is the more urgent need. The Telefrraph declares the enemy's sea offensive cannot be treated as a matter mat-ter of less importance than his much-advertised much-advertised movement to the west front, and itdds: "Radical chnngee in orpantz-nlion, in 1 method and in atmosphere are essential if masters and men aro to save us." Tt declare? in conclusion that SO.ODO more men must be supplied for the shipyards ship-yards and ensine shors of Kneland.