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ITS POPULATION AND PROBLEMS.

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Landon has only 'bas rival ta "The Great Peace' Fiasco the matter bf population and that was the subject of the last of the 1a New York, which has for bali series of War Lectures given by a century shown a slightly wore Mr. L. J. Maxse before a crowded rapid increase than what is known audience at the Cartan, Hall, as Greater London. The contin-London.

ental capitals lag far behind. When, he said, one contemplat- Paris before the war had only ed the result of the Paris Peats three millions and Berlin and Conference, which was probably Vienna little over two millions unique in the history of bumaa By Greater Landon we mean bambooalement, one was driven that unbroken mass of humanity 10 kak if there was really any which stretches for a radius of limit to human credulity. It was twelve to fifteen milea from inconceivable that any body of Charing Cross, and which comes menshould have had the power to under the administration of the fritter away, as the Prace Con- London police.

ference had done, the great gains" to civilization which we had won on the battlefield. But what else! could we expect from the men in Downing Street, 'wha up to the eleventh hour of the war had little 'th in our own cause? If our fighting roen bad bad as little 398) in our cause as the talking) men nothing could have prevent- Statistics made for other pured us from losing the war. poses bring the figures up to date as follows:-

The census returns made avery tan years give the following figures:

18T1

1881

1891

1901

1911

1914

1915

IPH

1917

1918

3,385,641 4,766,561 5,633,806 6,381,402 7,251,358

7,466,278 7,221,000 143,000

6,872,000

6,784,450

Indeed, he sometimes wondered whether our Government really i wanted to win the war. Daly a few months before the Armistice General Smuts thee a member. of the War Cabinet, said at Glas gow that there were people who thought

1: will be seen how four years

our purpose way to of war diminished the population

smash the enemy," but that he of the capital by nearly 700,000. |-- was not of that opinion"; we In the years immediately preceddid not want any indemnity ing the war the population showed from anybody." Across the an increasd of 70,000 per annum. Channel that sort of talk was So that instead of an increase of commonly called the language of 280,000 for the four war years we Defeatism.” (Cheers) have a decrease of 700,000, which

Although our Government was makes a difference of one million.net strong enough to lose the war No later returne than those of Clemenceau. Fach. Haig, and

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London, April 9. A Times dis-

of men from the Army has they were strong enough to Inse taken place during thebe Peace. The whole business, last year and has repleted the from the time of the Armistice patch from Sydney urges the population, but to what extent is! was taken out of the hands of the United States, Canada and Aus not yet established.

soldiers and allowed to develop tralia to coordinate in naval ac- It is noteworthy that the Regis into political negotiations betivities in der to secure peace trar-General bases his mortality tween the Washington Govern-in the Pacific. rates on the population in 1917)ment and that spurious Govern- CIRCUMFERENCE.

Seattle, Washington. April 9.-- as being nearer the figure of the ment which had been set up in present

than the Berlin since the Kaiser had be-The party of financiers, headed population Raute for 1918, though be con-come a Dutch country gentlemanby Frank A. Vanderlip, New The York financier, who are on the siters that the 1917 estimates (Laughter and cheers.) understate the present popal-whole course of the Peace Conway to the Orient to investigate ation. So we should be back to ference bad beep crippled by trade conditions, sailed to-day

"As-for Japan. seven millions at legat.

allowing our American With the rapid growth of the sociate"-who prided himself on metropolis great changes have not being an Ally-to impose

Washington, April 9.-The së been taking place. The; three himself after the Armistice over most central areas the City of the whole range of European male committee on elections to London Holborn, and West-questions, ie which the United day ordered an. investigation of senatorial mirster-show a smaller popula-States was not directly or even the Ford-Newberry sing than ther did in 1501. The indirectlyinterested. Why bad onr campaign in the state of Mi-

of the City of Government thought it necessary ebigao in 1918. square mile London has a population atto swallow President Wilson's night-all censuses are taken "Fourteen Points." to the ruin at night of less than 20,000, made of the Army as a military inst- up mostly of the care-takers of ment, at a time when it was mov.ator Walsh of Massachusetts in business premises, night watching from victory, to victory before a speech here to-day said the de- men. etc.. But into these three the Armistice? Why should wemocratic convention must repud. areas a round million of workers have had an Armistice at all?ate Presideo: Wilson's stand for the unmoodiñed ratification of the Loud cheers.) pour every daş.

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It is this daily ebb and flow of What was the "inyaterious ma-peace tresty or the democratic parts will face à catastrophe at te between the linant intangible influence" the human outer districts and the centre which Lord Milner once alluded in the next election. Continuing he forms the House of Lords, which seemed said: "President Wilson has not which al present London' must serious problem. to operate to our undoing at the kep: his promises and is Before the War the desire Armistice and at the "Peace Con-sponsible for the rebellion of a for healthier conditions which ference? Mr. Hughes, the Aus belpless people against improving railway facilities helptralian Prime, Minister--a white pression. jet to beter, added to the inevit-man, a strong man, a fearless able expansion created by the man, and regarded as such by M. the only growth of the community sent Clemenceau-was the population of the outer dis-public man who appreciated what trict up he leaps and bounds. In was going on at the Peace Con-

San Francisco, April 10.---The California-Hawaiian Sugar Re- fining Company to-da announced focially that the basic price for

the ten years from 1991 to 1911 the ference and entered an emphatic raw carefined sugar was $17.43 this malign per hundred. New York centri- population of a number of these protest against

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There were those who wanted Johor spore ira_facilities are.

Washington: April 9-Elbert badis needed. More tube rail-to dismiss the wcole question of ways are projected and a select reparation as merely a sordid H. Gary, chairman of the board committee is sitting to consider matter, but they must remember of the United States Steel Cor- that the fature of Europe tamed (poration to-day assured the Unit- the traffic problem..

a questioned States shipping board that So great an authority as Lord on finance. It was Ashfield, the new peer who was which did not only concern the hereafter there would be no at one time manager of American obiquitous international Jew who ground for complaint against the lived in one country and worked Steel Corporation, and its sub- electric railwa79, and is managing director of the London for another. (Laughter.) If we bad sidiaries that American ships underground railways, forecasts lost the war would not Germany were being discrimated against a grea: addition to the network bave bled us white? Then why in shipments from the Pacific of London tabes, and also under-why should not Germany pay? coast. Admirs) Benson, retired, their who is a member of the United Judging by ground roads for fast motor (Cheers.)

actions and by their utterances. States shipping board, recently traffic.

An interesting feature of Lon-there were in the Coalition, men asked the officers of the Steel don's development has been the who would prefer that Great Products Company growing number of important Britain, rather than Germany, Illinois Steel Company, if they discriminating against factories and works which have should pay for the war. recently been built on the fringe was the key to the great Peace American vessels.

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suggestion of a re-organization houses in the vicinity for the

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pact industrial towns in the form Perbape we may picture the Senator Pittman's plan was to A 0077 of the firectory wis de wes by preces of such garden cities, with popule Greater London of the future sea take up the question with tha

navy. The committee” most almost extended to that extent, the bas migrated. It is urged that England city of garden towne, decided that if the inquiry wore

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