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Show 2j Important War Events Impending J On All Fronts In World Conflict '9 WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. Food ' Wfi pledge week will get actively at work 6 1 : today with a half million persons se-curing se-curing pledges from 22,000.000 people .J for the observance of the food admin- 11 a istration's directions and advice in food economy which President Wilson E0. ha3 endorsed. With effective cnroll- roU ment of families to save food thjough- Wt out the war, the United States will be m : able to export all the meat, wheat, ; fats and sugar its allies in Europe JwNW sorely need to enable them to main- S'Mli tain their fighting strength. 1 : Lord Northcliffe, head of the British vll "Nvar m,asion in the United States, Ytf 1 ;? places the situation before tho Ameri- ,vvw Jfe1 ctm PePle ln these words: V vv'Plk. "The greatest food experts on both LseB of tue Atlantic say that there is a world shortage of food. The boys who arc enduring the hell of tho Irenches for our sake cannot hold out unless well fed. The situation which wo have lo face right notf- in this food pledge week is obvious. Either the stay-at-homes must save, that the aol-dicrs aol-dicrs may get their vital needs or the soldiers must go short so that the stay-al-homes may fatten. You cannot have it both ways and must make your choice." Belgian Minister de Cartier, citing the fact that America far many months has kept Belgium from starvation, starva-tion, said today that tho effort in which every nation allied against Germany Ger-many is stretching every nerve and expending every last ounce of strength, will succeed or will fall, ac'- cording -to the way the people and their nrniles save the food needed to maintain their strength and their spir- America Must Carry Load "America must supply by far the greatest portion of this food," said Minister de Cartier. "It is a grand conception, worthy of the ideals and traditions of the greatest republic that this food shall be supplied by tho voluntary effort of tho individual citizens. citi-zens. Wo nations of Europe, relying on the ability of America to accomplish accom-plish what she sots forth to do, confident con-fident (hat during tho week you have sot aside to enroll yourselves as individuals in-dividuals to savo the world for democracy, democ-racy, you will assure victory in the war." |