Evening star., 1925-08-15
WORLD IS WARNED
Of OvERCROWD|NG
Health Work Is Futile. Says
Harvard Professor. With.
out Birth Control.
Sy the Associated Press.

~ me Associated Press.
WnLIAMSTOwN. Mass. August
! l5.-The world is becoming health
ier place to live in but the law Of
Nalthus 10 inexorable Prof. Edward
NJ. Gas OF Harvard University said
A the Institute of Politics today in
his round table conference on agri
culture and population increase.
He warned the greater population
enthusiasts that eradication Of dis.
ease alone could not proiong life IL
nankind insisted on dliing the earth
with people beyond the proper limit.
Or. F,s ST gave the average expects-
tlon Of life in III. white race countries
as slightly over 90 years, probably an
Improvement of Is years over 1000
years ego. The average length OF
HE Is highest In Australia, 81. In
the United States II is nearly 81. in
Italy - and in India 23. Italy pre-
senteo striking lesson 10 the great
a. population enthusiasts.
Stationary Popuis ton.
After period Of falling birth
rates public health work must come
10 q stanostill unless through birth
restriction stationary population is
esta blished sufficiently below the sub
sistence limit 10 give the normal man
some degree Of comfort" ne said.
Sir Frederick Maurice Of London
took up the European security pacI
at his round table on the limitation
Of arms mentS. He said that the out
look for it's success vas hopeful. lts
favorable features were that Great
Britain hao made it's becoming oper-
ative conditional upon Germany's
Joining the Leagu Of Nations and
upon its general execution resting
with the league; that President Cool.
idge had Endorsed it's general prin-
ciples and that the pact hao not yet
been made conditional upon srms
mAnJ limitation.
msosIavia was cited as an exampl.
OF Balkan progress hy Hamilton Fish
Armstrong, editor OF Foreign Al
fairs" at Prof. Edward r. Gays round
table on the economic recovery Of
Europe"
Agriculture was making progress
through modern scientific methods.
the cooperative movement. railway
development and favorable govern
ment economic polices. The recent for
nation of a coalition abinet by the
Serb followers Of Premier Pashitch
and Croats under Stephen Radich was
the most auspicious event in inter
nal politics since the founda ton OF
the state.
w. 3. Poland OF Belgrade told OF
Jugosavis since the war and OF plans
for the development Of highways,
both 10 meet demand for new out
let for rhe exportaole surplus of the
interior.
Dictator Needed
The us. Of dictstorial methods is
now necessary for Mexico TO bring
about, law and order. DR.. Guiiierme A.
SherWil, secretary-general Of the In
ter.American High Commission, said
at the Institute. at DR.. Leo s. Rowe's
round table conference on interAmeri-
can relations. He read q communica-
ton described as very important
from r. y. Puig Casauran ne. secretary
Of public instruction at Mexico City,
outlining a program OF policy.
The last revolution Mexico perverted
to a considerable extent the moral
sense Of the country" he said. Ban
dts openly have prospered and have
been rewarded Or bribed to stop their
activities. mobs have held sway and
agrarian and labor movements have
taken dangerous direction. To
bring order out OF chaos IL In neces-
s2rv to use dictatortaI methods with
out forgetting that the purpose OF
any dictatorship at present would be
only 10 pave the way for democracy.
Gales must rise above the per
sonsi interests of some of his follow
ers and guarantee the reign Of law.
THE American Government must be
pa tient and must exercise great care
in supporting plants Of Ameri
can interests in Mexico. In many
cases there has been no denial OF
Justice to American interests. ano
appeals to the American Government
have often had the purpose of OBJ
tanning special privileges through q
show OF force. This will not do II
the United States Government is 10
develop a policy OF friendship toward
Mexico and fulfill its higher mission
as trustee of Pan American faith.
DR.. william f. Rappard of Geneva
member of the Permanent Man
dates Commission OF the Leagu Of
Nations, asserted in lecture last
night that two of its provisions for
outlawing war had been so weak
ened by various Interpretations that
no responsible statesman would ven
ture 10 stake his reputation and the
security of his country on the poten-
tisI protection Of the league in case
OF international disturbance"