New Britain herald., 1928-07-23
WITH FEW BIRTHS COUNTRY DECAYS
Article Appears and Is Attrib.
 uted to MuSSolini

Rome. July 23 UP)-A limited birth rate means the beginning of a national decadence an article ap- bearing in Popolo DItalia. which is authoritatively attributed 10 Pre- mier Benito Musoellni, states.
 The article was in reply 10 one written by a columnist in II Seco,o advocating a limitation Of births in order to raise the equality of the race
 The Answer The answer. which now it is be- tity is the fundamental element for quality. Without number there is no power As without trees there are no forests. so without men there Is no humanity. If IS perfectly true that there were periods in history In order to maintain gentle. figures Of women. but those periods were periods in the decadenCe of races and of ends of peoples Nice fig ures are infallihle signs of passing states. History speaks 10 us in severe language. tragic in Bahylon- ia n times to the present day.
 Babylon. the most civilized peo- pie of antiquity. died because of the decrease in births. The empire fell because of lack Of men Ba bylon had 2,o00,0oo population which was reduced 70 q village Tn which ami mals pastured, Tn rhrist's time the stones Of Babylon were served to construct Sclencia, Later powerful Babylon was made 9 total desert.
 Egypt was the same. Listed 10 the words Of papyrus Of Leida. har- vests diminish, births reduced. men become less numerous Wars were fought by mercenaries.
 Thebes, epulent metropolis of 100 ports. had 1000 inhabitants in Christ's time
 Greece Decays
 The dccadence of Greece was owed to deficiency in births, namely periods of nice womanly figures.
 Turning to Rome the dlminution Of population commenced with the reduction in births. about 164 B. C. in ten years the number of citizens under arms was diminished by 2o,o00. Julius Caesar ascertained later the fearful lack of men. Dur ing Augustus time there were no youths, In Trojans time all Italy barely succeeded in furnishing sol diers of the guard. In Hadrian's tune 700 volunteers. necessary to complete the ranks, were recruited from the provinces. Alter the de- population of the fields. Rome Com- nienced to decline. The million in of Augustus tune were re- duced to 2oo.o0o when Constantine transferred the capital 10 Byzantium. 1 The population continued to de- 7rease and the Roman forum and
 pltal became pastures for cattle. 1 he seven hills became deserts
 Who can say that Rome never would have risen again had not the i great lneXtlnguishable flame of i Christianlty not lighted on the banks 1 of the Fiber These are terrible les sons of history
 The first symptom of decadence Is restriction of births. It is not true hat fewer births give more vital If is true. before all, hat fewer births tend to become ,ewer From three to two, then to one. then to tox terrier. Therefore he lesser births finish In zero.
 Tt is false that fewer births give better physical and intellectual re- suits The first births always al re the weakest. Generally the first born is l female
 Tn countries where there are de- .reaslng birth rates, the females out lumber the males. Physiology tells IS that the strongest follow.
 Less of All
 'The smaller human mass. name y less Workmen. less farmers, less soldiers, constitute an effective, ir- eparable diminution of the econo-