Sir William Goode, who serves as the connecting-link between Lord
Rhondda and Mr. Hoover, the American Food Controller, has warned us that Peace will not bring Plenty in her train. He pointed out in a speech on Friday week that the food supplies of the world were greatly diminished by years of war, and that if all the belligerents were to share those supplies equally, our present rations would have to be reduced. If we made an inconclusive peace, we should have to accord to the enemy a full share of all available focdstuffs and raw materials. The American people would cease to stint themselves in order to export more food. The reduced surplus would be insufficient to give full rations to every one in Europe. We should have to go hungry, so that the enemy peoples might be saved from starvation. Only by victory can the Allies maintain their control of the food problem, which is graver even than the military problem. Peace " by negotiation " before the enemy is beaten would mean less food than we now get for years to come.
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