Show ENGLAND ENGLAND'S V IS FUTURE I DEPENDS ON BABES ON-BABES BABES i LONDON Oct 13 11 CP Eng iP-Eng- Eng England Eng England land s declining rate birthrate Is la giving the authorities cause for tor concern For the three months ended In InJune inJune InJune June the rate birth per 1 of population In England and Wales wa was only 20 7 The register gener gener- general gener- gener general general al says that this Is the tho Ion 10 est rate rate birthrate recorded In any second Quarter of oC the ear er except durIng the tho period of at the war In 1913 It was waA 24 9 In 1914 24 5 6 In 1920 26 6 In 1921 23 9 and In 1922 21 1 In the tho s second cond quarter of or 1923 It fell Cell to 20 7 which li is I a drop ot of nearly 6 per cent In till thieo ee years It If the birthrate continues to tall fall at nt this headlong rate es the Dally Daily Express ver existence as a Is menaced The The Cue paper asks what tho the chief causes ot of the tho slump In babies Is and anil gives giveR the itself ItseK by say say- say saying ing log First Fir t unemployment ment and aad eec MC- sec second ond tage of houses The man cannot afford to marry It says says and the hom homeless les lesman man dare date not marry marry Th Therefore In ord order r to arrest the tho fall tall of ot the birthrate we must muot sol soi solve e our boom boom- plo ment problem and our housing problem It li is necessary to face race the facts acts the Express adds ade Without a steady and constant birthrate the BrItish empire would cease to exist E er child born In these theo Islands Is a n potential producer of ot wealth If IC our supply of children tall fail our empire will decline and fall like Rome Romo Tho The empire has been built hullt up on Immigration from tram the mother molher country to the daughter countries lover over the Hie seas cas O B The new DeW have t drawn their new blood fro a n i the old stock In tho the moth motherland orland It I la is ou our 11 dut duty to looks a n generation ahead h i iso liso so that In 19 3 here hero II be a b stream of oung men and ana an r youn young women flowing Clawing from the old homeland home fl land to the new lands lando a i |