Show FEELING EFFECT WW BLOCKADE STOCK OF FOODS IN GREAT BRIT AIN A 1 N LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE prime minister declares success of allies depends Depe rids on the ability to solve the th e tonnage shortage I 1 I 1 a and t ol 01 to hunt out submarines london david lloyd george the british prime minister 1 on friday presented to the house of commons in ih a speech lasting an hour and a half hla his program tor for coping with the serious situation arising from the shortage of shipping space depletion of food stocks and the german submarine menace mefi ace i the premier pre m ter advocated the increase of home food production and the curtailment tail tall ment of non victual imports to this end he outlined a plan tor for speeding up the farmer by guaranteeing good prices for commodities over a period of years this he supplemented by announcer announcement neit that the land owner would b be forced to cultivate his land premier lloyd george said that thattie the success of the allied cause depended on oh the ability to solve the tonnage shortage which was now affecting the ordinary needs of the nation and AnIlI military exigencies the situation he declared called for the gravest measures I 1 the stocks of food in great britain at the present time axe are lower than they ever have been before mr lloyd george said it was essential tor for the life of the nation he declared that every possible effort be made to increase crease homo home production by curtailment of imports mr lloyd george said he be expected to reduce the tb demand demanda on cargo space by several million tons foodstuffs of which tons were imported I 1 last year will be cut nearly a million tons by lopping off certain luxuries |