The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-05-07
MARRIAGE POOL To
SAVE WHOLE RACE
BY NEWTON { PARkE
rsFF CORRESPONDENT /. ~ sERsIc

fsThEF- CORRESPONDENT |. n. SERVICE
posal that an international marriage
pool be formed to provide for the re
populating Of Europe and the salvation
Of the white races OF the earth was
made today by Prof Paul Carnot. fam
Gus member OF the University Of Medi-
cine OF Paris.
Europe. he declared. has surplus
or millions OF women for whom there
never will be husbands unless some
arrangements can be made Is have
them marry outside their own coun-
tries. The whole future OF the white
race he asserted. is bound up in the
problem
The last census figures SAID pr
Csrnot showed . great surplus Of
males over females in the L. $. We
have millions OF surplus women Then
why not France American bureau IT,
facilitate the marriage of American
men with the girls Or France where the
war left such a shortage Of men Why
not Franco Argentine bureau.
Franco Australian bureau. in short.
why not a great international bureau
vnere each country may make known
IT'S human needs and provide facilities
for ceurt-ship and eventual marriage
We. on the allied side. pooled OR
supplies Of munitions TO win the war
We pooled our shipping, we pooled our
finances end finally we pooled cur men
Is there any reason WHY We white
races OF the world should not pool our
greatest Ct all productive resources 50
hat civilization itself may not perish
Supreme councils and ambassador
councils and prime ministers and for
elgn ministers are sitting up nigh1s
discussing territorial boundaries ane
Inc rates or exchange. but they are az
taafly doing nothing 70 solve the
greatest social problem that has CON
fronted the world since Christ was
bell-the question of what to d. with
The millions OF msrriaseable vouns
women WHO are destined TO repair the
vars human wastage. but VINO find no
husbands awaiting them.
! call II a social problem but the
'ehoie future 81 Europe and the whole
future or the white race IS bound UP in
u 10 such an extent that territoria al and
financial questions are minutes maliy
small
In the Far East IN China ard Jap
anese hurdles Of yellow people are con-
stantly multiplying until we hear talk
~ a yellow peril that VIII inundate
white ciVilza ton.
In the L 5 and other civilized
countries that suffered little loss 81
nan power in the war the birth rate
= falling Off and apparently nothing
is being done about it
Europe. staggering to her feet from
the wounds OF war, confronts problem
of repcpulation with an excess Of be-
tween 10000 coo and % 600 600 women
oVer men.
I have suggested the recruiting Of
volunteer army Of maternity, an Or
sanitation of W men ,vao will agree to
rear babies to repo2aIate devasted Eu-
t9pe, to help France back to her feet
have even urged that governments
rccognize the ight OF women ruatern-
t;y outside mstrimony and for these
suggestions have been attacked and
called a free lover 7 am net.
am merely cognizant OF the great PROB
EN- confronting the white races OF the
orld.
When made these suggestions I
had no hope that they would be adept
ed The world is not far enough ad.
vauced vet for that But / see no
reason why there should not be organ
ized At c.nce an international marriage
"iresu whereby a country. like the u