Show r TO STARVE GERMAN WILL CLAMP ON ALL SEA PRESSURE AT HER COMMAND TO STOP FOOD SUPPLY churchill announce announces that expenses during current year will reach ten billion dollar dollars and that losses are heavy london tho countries fighting against germany austria and turkey up to tho the present time have thrown only a third of their strength into the flold field to maintain this force and to bring the remaining two thirds into action will coat cost during the current year this announcement was as made in ten teh house of commons on monday by david lloyd george chancellor of the exchequer who with mith winston spencer churchill first lord of the admiralty gave the british public perhaps a closer view of 0 tho the machinery bo hind the great struggle than any that has bas been afforded since the outbreak of the ar mr ir churchill de declared dared amid cheering that great britain finally had decided to clamp on every ounce of sea pressure to choke off germanys food supply la in reta illation for the german submarine policy while mr lloyd george drew additional cheering by a reference to loans to countries which he said bo he expected to throw la in their lot with the allies these countries the chancellor did not name it was the he first time that a reference ret was made enade in parliament to such expectations the announcement of the governments decision with ith relation to ger food supplies came almost co dently with the receipt of two dis patches from the united states one maying that count von bohnstorff Born Bem the german ambassador had informed the washington government that germany tas willing to abandon her submarine ollay provided great britain ceased interfering with cargoes of foodstuffs and the other saying that he again had advised neutral shipping to avoid those waters which germany bad had declared would become a dangerous military area mr churchill disclosed for the first time the total naval losses as the result of the war these he said were upward of r officers and men a majority of them victims of 0 submarines |