The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-12-30
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Big MAJORITY
Females OF White Race Now
Outnumber Men BY
Eleven Millions.

London. Dec 24.-There are ap-
proximately 1900, 900 more females
Of the white race than males today,
as compard with an excess Of 4,00O,-
600 before the war, according to sta
tistics just made public here. The
1000, 900 excess was swollen by the
war to nearly three times its former
dimensions, and the greatest proper
tional increase was in women be-
tween the ages of 20 and so years.
In another twenty years or so this
excess should practically disappear
by the action of natural sex in
crease if no disturbing factor should
occur.
TIL problem then will not be the
want of balance of the sexes, but the
pressure of population in the Old
World, where, unless emigration
takes on a more even sex flow, there
will still be an excess of females,
while in the New World the opposite
condition will still prevail.
Ten years ago the only parts of
Europe in which males were in a
majority we're the Balkan States.
Bulgaria, Greece, Rumania, Serbia,
land Bosnia-H Herzegovina and Lux
emburg.
Russia and Great Britain.
Every other country showed a
greater or lesser excess OF females.
Numerically it was greatest in Rus
STA and in Great Britain, proportion
ately in Portugal and Norway.
Ireland. Germany, Finland, Swe-
den and Switzerland all showed |
persistent decline in the ratio of fe-
male excess.
In Austria-Hungary and the Meth
erlands a sharp rise from 1889 to
1890 was followed by fa!I TO 1910
while in Scotland marked fall in
the period tSS1.tSe1 was followed
by less marked rise 20 1911.
England anc Na.cs Belgium. Dem
mark. France. Italy, Norway, Portu-
gal and Spain al; showed however. a
persistent rise in the proportion of
in the population.
Disproportionate Increase.
Practically all the countries which
had. an excess in 1911 will show an
increase of that excess in 1871, and
in many cases, notably Germany,
France, Austria-Hungary and Bel
GUM, this increase will be in conse-
quence of the war, an entirely dis
one. Italy may not be
so much affected as would Otherwise
be the case, as so many Italians re-
turned from America to enroll, but
even then the increase will presuma-
oily be very large one.
Further, it is probable tina, the ex-
re SIS of males in the Balkan States
will have completely disappeared.
Altogether the figures show an ex-
cess of females among the white
races of some 100000 at the pres
snt time and make it clear that the |
of women can not bring
about balance of the sexes SO far as
hose races are concerned.
1t is true that in Europe large
proportion of the excess of women
vas as has been shown, at ages over
80 and that in America the prepon-
lerance of males obtains thruout life.
But the proportion in Europe has
fallen thru the war, and 1t Il
S doubtful whether of the estimated
!, 200, 900 excess males in America
more than four and one-half millions {
ire between the ages of 20 and so.
Is an offset against the $4,000 900
excess women at those ages in Eu-
'ope.
Nature, we are told, will right the
balance in time, but this, even II
rue, does not help to solve the pres
mt problem. And it is worth while
To trua0