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Show LORD LANSDOWNE DISCUSSES QUESTION OF FOOD SUPPLIES i TjOXDOX. Thursday, starch t. Discur!-j Discur!-j sing the food situation in central Eu- ' ropo In the house of lords today, Jlar-quis Jlar-quis Jjansdowne atiked how long the process pro-cess of "turning the 'screw" waB to continue. con-tinue. He said he regarded tho position of central Europe "with dismay." "IVe seem to be rapidly approaching a catastrophe which may prove the most disastrous in the history of the -world," he declared. "If the blockade is not relaxed," said Baron Parnioor, "famine will seize the peoples of centra; Kurope and that would be the most fearful crime in history." Tho Faii of Crawford, chancellor of tho Duchy of Lancaster, replying for the government, said that tho problem is in the hands of the supremo economic council coun-cil at Paris, which has taken stops to send food to Germany. "The tonnage demanded from Germany bv the allies has not been forthcoming, however," he said, "and this ia significant." signifi-cant." lie made no attempt to explain the failure of Germany to turn over tho ships asked for, hut raid ho hoped that within a few weeks measures will be taken to stave off the impending disaster. |