Sta,—Mrs. Margaret Keynes is tight that it is want of
imagination which allows the people of Britain to acquiesce in the starvation rations now current in the British zone in Germany. If people would try living on less than half what they usually eat they would begin to understand. Then they should try one-third of their normal diet, which is what the Germans in our care will soon be reduced to according to present plans. The population of the British zone is peculiarly in our care because U.N.R.R.A. grants no assistance to Germans, and it should be a matter of shame that we are making no real sacrifice to prevent the slow starvation of millions. Our Government is not likely to introduce bread-rationing as it was avoided during the war ; but voluntary economy could be greatly aided by reducing the weight of loaves. The price of the 4)d.
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