The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-02
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WASHiNtlOlNf pN's . 49,
MALL the figures for the latest
british census, which navo Just boen
,,rouurca serve TO emphasize once
= ,,nrs tbe problem which population
,o,g noses for the statesmen Of the
World In "a time when unemploy-
mont has reached millions and the
world particularly tho European
world has been brought to realize
tbat there can be no swift and easy
r,coycry from the difficulties OF the
presert. the census figures for Great
prtain reveal the fact that despite
The immediate secondary losses due
an war. there has been an expansion
N nearly 100000 In British popu-
iaiiop and that 42,767,530 human be-
ipgs now live in England, Scotland
and wales Unsettled conditions
IN ireland have made census taking
impossible but all estimates point
TO a figure slightly above 100000,
thus making around 100000, the
number Of inhabitants of the British
Isles,
This hugo population almost half
Of that of continental United states,
sSye iu an area Of slightly more than
fgl 900 square miles. but excluding
ireland ~. 767 .h20 inhabitants dwell
on just about $4,000 square miles,
which Is only twice that OF Penn
gyania. And despite the losses of
the war. this population has in
creased, TO be sure, due I'm part to
the suspension OF emigration conse-
quent upon the war,
Now. looking at tho political side
Of this problem Of population, and
this aspect IL now and henceforth
all important, we shall be able in no
small degree TO explain British poll
icy in Europe, toward Germany, to-
ward Russia, toward France. For Il
Is found In tho situation which the
war has created for the millions OF
people crowded in the narrow con-
fines OF England, Scotland and
Wales. Moreover, we shall be able
70 get at least a glimpse of the pos
sbIities for the future.
For the 100000 of human be-
ings to exist within the restricted
areas OF England. Scotland and
Wales certain conditions are abso-
lutely essential. 1t Is out OF the
question that they could be self
supporting, that is that the soil
could be cultivated sufficiently TO
provide food for this vast popula-
ton More than half of the poople
OF Great Britain actually depend
upon foreign food, while upwards Of
so per cent Of the wheat and wheat
flour are drawn from the outside
The war with the German sub
marine campaign served to empha-
size tho actual situation 80 far as
the British people were concerned.
Could the Germans havo shut oft
@aborne commerce for n relatively
short period nf time, n period meas
ured by weeks rather than months,
Britain would have been starved
INTO submission. As Il was tho par
tal success Of the submarine block
i d. ade did bring terrible hardahips and
~ great restriction In food. The whole
nation went on war rations and de-
spite this regulSlon, there was n
moment when the possibility that
we hunger blockade would defeat
Britain was unmistakable.
How Britain Did II.
We have passed out Of the war
ume and the war conditions, vet II
is rot less true that something OF
me Old peril remains. To maintain
ps popualuon at home. to over
come the handicaps imposed by the
ac'ual condition OF overpopulatlon,
lHe British--eYen before the war
Il were Obliged to do certain things
not being able to feed themselves
they were obliged 70 pgrchasc food
abroad and pay for It in their own
\ products But aside from coal and
IRON they had nothing to give in re-
lurn and coal and iron were not
alohe enough. TO redress the bal
ance they were obliged to manufac-
n ture ana sell abroad to IN enormous
went eNeht drawing from the outside
Motld, not alone food but raw ma.
ulaiS' II the world market were
poS sufficiently wide to permit the
nI.'sh to sell enough to pay for food
and raw materials then the result
I would have been disastrous.
mere were, 10 be sure, other
sources of revenues TO moet tn,
TGsts or food and raw materials
y .neIe was first OF all the British
II Met'hant fleet which earned large
N Te'nS IN transportation scrviccs
II ine'e was, next, the steadily mount.
ms income derived from British
(. ap"al Invested abroad, for there
~ nal oeen In the past a surplus ac,
n lbuhg to the British people after
"A ay had paid for their own fooC
" ,b"u raw materials, This surpmi
"a icy mad invested abroad and or
,ycelYed Interest, dividends. etc
Il. b.. .t'fNi ~ NAAtl the WAR Dfbkt
G vs brltlsh had many billions In,
N 1ed abroad and this was an i'm
: ss..a rS5sant factor in their equation O
they borrowed Extensively.
n Hul me war at one stroke wipet
81 more than half of the foreign
N i,''syts'ments. 1t did more than that
N n, ,1Ieed the British to shift mucl
N es.tilo remaining half from remun
K. snn a'''ve enterprises in the America
" R,e. gseWhere to the war loans o
III prssa allies, which up to tn,
7. mn,.nt moment have been unre
maj msi,e'alVe and probably will re
M wss wan 60 And, in addition Britain
r froy, 0ohpeued to borrow, herself
sou ihe United States on a vas
III yatSI.. ooth governmentally and pri
"a bo,,eg untii the sum total OF thes,
NJ Abo,,"H!gs today stretches well III
me NOO0, 1000, 900. 1t may b
Ia mem. he balance Of British invest
= me-, abroad will yield enough 4
VI deh, tils new burden OF foreigr
As out even this IL doubtful an,
snS item in paying the annual 700,
~ Nav material bill, Il disappears
III dlf,eUr Is the situation substantiall,
81 chsn. In the case OF the mer
nj ileet marine. True the German