England's Dependency
Tlie debate in ttoö Htou.se oí Commons on the foodi eappCy of Grea.t Brtbai'n. was a wonderfully forcilble remirndet of the conipiexiity an4 lnterdepenidenee of modern civilization. It was pohited out id not deniied t'luat the :vteüble eupply ia the British Islaiids of subsistente for thieir intiiabitants Bever exceeded thei'r requii-emieiüts for three weelcs, and often feil betenv their rèquiremeiïts íor a single weok. That is to say that if the islamds wene cu't off Iroiru commrunieatdon witli the rest oi the worid for a süngle fortmg'hít there wo'Uld be very exiiMisive dlstress, whteh 5a a tortindjght more woukl amo uut to-au acinial famtoe. An "effective blockade" of tihe Bdtish ooasts wouid mean tihe starvatiloiii of the British peope. It ii3 mot to ba woiuïwl'lI at tluit coiiditiioin slioiuld excite alarm iu j;iiij.:aiid. Th wonder is ra Uier "iluit alarm shnuld be epasmodic only, and not clu-onic. Fqir Bngland is in trutii. cxposed as wa'.l as proiteetvd liy her isoúuio'ii. A Ji-ai Lou whit-h imports .two-thirds oï its iood eupupp'.y ie, ia a Banse, ujmü&t heaviei bouds lbo keep tlie peace than any one of the Oan.ttaenta.li nations, which coujd at least sustaiia its liiliabitants for more tbaa a nionta iif it shou'.Jd be ent off fpom the rest of, the worMj - New York Times. Ladóies iibnary, Htmxki st., opem daily fpomx 10 to 12, alao Saturday from 2 to 5 O'clock.
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