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Show British Birth Rate Declines. jH LONDON, Sept. 23. The Bishop ofi Rlpon discussing In tho Yorkshlro Post! 1 the decline in tho birth rato says: H "Thcro is hardly a British colony, Low- H cr Canada excepted, where the birth rato H has not appreciably declined. When you consider the extent of tho British Empire. H and reflect on its unoccupied land, It is H reasonable to suppose that without our H population declining, we shall not be nble( H to hold our territory certainly in tho faco. H of the Increase of othor peoples. It is a H question for the public to consldor wheth- H cr 4he Empire Is worth holding." H |