Show ENGLAND FEELING EFFECT BLOCKADE STOCK TOOK OF FOODS IN GREAT BRITAIN BRITAIN BRIT BRIT- AIN LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE Prime Minister Declares Success of Allies Depends on the Ability to Solve the Tonnage Shortage and to Hunt Out Submarines Lond London n-Da n n.-Davjd n. David vid Llo Lloyd d George the British prime minister on Friday presented resented to the house of commons in n a speech speech lasting an hour and a aalf half alf his program for coping with the serIous situation arising from the shortage hortage of shipping space depletion n of f food stocks and the German submarine submarine sub sub- marine menace The premier advocated the increase of f home food production and the curtailment cur cur- ailment of victual non-victual imports To this his end he lie outlined a plan for speedIng speedIng speed- speed Ing ng up the farmer by guaranteeing good prices for commodities over a period of years This he supplemented supplement- supplement ed d by announcement that the land landowner landowner landowner owner would be forced to cultivate his land Premier Lloyd George said that the success of the allied cause depended on the ability to solve the tonnage shortage hortage which was now affecting he the ordinary needs of the nation and military militar exigencies The situation he declared called for the gravest meas meas- ures The stocks of food in Great Britain at the present present time are lower than they hey ever have been before Mr Lloyd George said It was essential for the life ife of the nation he be declared that every possible e effort be made to increase increase increase in in- crease home production By curtailment of imports Mr Lloyd George said h he e expected d t to reduce reduce reduce re re- re- re duce the demands on ron cargo space by several million tons Foodstuffs of which tons were imported last ast year will be cut nearly a million tons by lopping off oft certain luxuries |