29 DECEMBER 1917, Page 2

We are glad to see that the Food Controller has

arranged with the shipowners that every homeward-bound ship shall fill its spare store-rooms and um:recopied cabins with foodstuffs. It is pointed out that, though all liners and most cargo steamers are requisitioned, the forepeak and the state-rooms in the ships remain at the dis- posal of the owners, and Lord Rhondda's object is to see that these °paces are utilized for increasing the imports of food. The idea is to increase the supplies available for ships' stores, though many ships are provisioned at foreign ports, and do not need to draw upon our stocks when they are outward-bound.