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Show SUGAR SHORTAGE FACESJRANCE French Fail to Take Heavy Option in Spite of American Ameri-can Warning. PARIS. July 18 (By the Associated Press) American officials attempting to solve the food question, are confronted con-fronted with a SUgar shortage in France that is said to call either for Americans to sacrifice some ol their BWeet drinks or for the French to give up their sweet pastries. The American officials, n is under-I under-I stood, are decidedly in favor of allowing al-lowing Americans to continue the use of sugar for their swet drinks. The French authorities, however are anxious anx-ious to obtain sugar from the United States but exportation from the American Amer-ican ruarkei now is prohibited to protect pro-tect American consumers. French food officials, it is explained, were given an option last fall on as large a proportion of the Cuban sugar crop as they wished. The French, howerer, took only about 31 per rent of the crop, although American otfi-Clals otfi-Clals warned them of an impending world sugar shortage Now tiiat the French face a serious sugar deficit i they are seeking an American supply : I where prices are lower than elsewhere. I nn |