THE WORLD'S PRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 137, 16 July 1914, Page 6

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

THE STREAM OF IMMIGRANT'S. , . f , The cistern from which this fertilising stream of immigration flows is by no means as full as it was. A, considerable proportion of the emigrant, elasa must. have left the British Isles,.for oversea homes, and the diminished birth-rate is not filling iip the tank at the top fast enough to ke<Jp up the supply indefinitely. The figures quoted by Mr Knibbs suggest that, efforts to procure immigrants should be redoubled rather than slackened. The time may come when the stream of British immigrants will rim dry.—' Age.'' BARBING OUT THE SUFFBAGETTES. Following on the latest miJitanti outrages, a number of public and private galleries have been closed. Of the private galleries nothing can be said, but the closing of the public galleries is a mistaken course. The precise result desired by the suffragettes is to bring about the closing of these institutions. To let them have their way in tlxis matter is wrong, if it can be avoided. In this case it can be avoided, for rit is open to the guardians of our public galleries to take precautions which will adequately protect the treasures under their charge.—"News and Leader." OIL FOB THE NAVY. The one solid advantage which , oil can be shown to possess. as a fuel as c gainst coal is that greater, speed ean be obtained with it', but a similar speed is obtainable with coal of which we possess a practically unlimited, supply, if the boiler power is adequately increased. Mr Churchill has not attempted to state any case for his expenditure on oil.—" Express." AN "OLYMPIAN DETACHMENT.''

The Cabinet's immense mistake with regard to Ulster is that it Ims'acted throughout on second-hand information. For eighteen months no Minister has been in Ulster, with the single exception of Mr Birreli. This Olympian detachment might be pardoned in an ordinary crisis. Biit at the present moment* with Ulster armed to defend her liberties should the Home Rule Bill become law in its present form, and the Nationalist volunteers arming to create disturbance if Ulster is not handed over to them, it is as unintelligible as it is inexcusable. —''Daily Mail." "A NATION OF FOOZLERS."

Golf lias the delightful element of surprise—much more vivid than anyother pastime, as the upset of those good sportsmen the American invaders at Sandwich has once again shown. We can, indeed, all take to it, and after all the golfer will say it is much better for the nation to be a nation of foozlers at a healthy game than mere sitters round the ring at Lord's or the Oval. —"Evening News" (London). . OUTLOOK OF THE BRITISH FAEMEB,

It is probably only a matter of time before Germany and other Continental States, which at present impose ix prohibitive tax on the importation of meat, lower their tariffs and begin to compete for the diminishing supplies which have hitherto found a free market in Great Britain alone. We must also,look in the next ten years for a diminution in the exports of butter arid cheese from the Dominions. Canada is already reducing her shipments of these pro.duets couutrj. Whatever the meaning of these great world-movements to the manufacturing population of this country, the British farmer may uxpeet from them a return of the prosperity which seemed for ever to have passed from him with the last three decades af the last century.—''©aily Mail."