10 FEBRUARY 1917, Page 2

The destruction of vessels by submarines during the Week has

Been considerable. It would, however, be misleading to give the numbers or the tonnage without going into details and giving the dates &lee. We will only say the situation created is grave. Apparently these losses do not suggest to Lord Devonport or the Govern- meat that a conservation of food of the very strictest kind is worth undertaking, or that it is dangerous to go on turning into beer what may in a few weeks be demanded as the prime necessary of life.