Lord Rhondda and Mr. Clynes have issued statements to the
men at the front assuring them that there is no shortage of food at home, but only great inconvenience in procuring it. Official statements of this kind cannot have been made without some good reason. That reason must be that men at the front have been distressed by stories from home about the sufferings of their families. It was this kind of story which largely undermined the discipline of some of the Italian regiments. If people at home would recognize how close are the interactions between their own gossip and grievances and those of the men at the front, they would feel more keenly how weighty is the debt laid upon them to keep within the truth. What Lord Rhondda and Mr. Clynes have said is of course absolutely true. Now that rationing has been extended to several fresh articles and a subsidized loaf can be bought, there is no reason whatever for saying that one class here is feeding well at the expense of another.
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