THE FRENCH BIRTH-RATE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 163, 10 July 1914, Page 8

THE FRENCH BIRTH-RATE.

(To the Editor . Sir .-The decline in the mn-h-"..- ■> Kran.'e appears to came the Ires* "i HusPurninion men- <on<-eru than i: doe* ny ..niinir.vm.-ii. Tlio p-.m1..-.,..» u< ].- r .,n,-,. i- iboilt J-2.»00.0i)i>. it- : iro:i .I,"":,; ~,u.,r0 mil.-: that of the Brill-h 1..1, ■< 4H,iilO.Ol)n. «illiin ;<ti am • > "nlMbuliut"" 1 of" Kin?a.nn „,„,: .aarm -ir I « the oxtenl "I -"" iialfii-milli." , " per annum, »r ;,, vo.ir I'.riiain imp-irioil "' » ,,n ' ~;;;',,:,.■ ,-.,„., Mllff . Fmnu «n :1 :hrr lwn.l. «•<- «>- «; ~,,rL,.r, rL ,. r ,„■ siieh ~1 - ,.-,.ri0,. ~,n^n,u,n,l> aJvantaur is th.-rp in :i p-p'" : ' lion creator titan your country can Mtp- !„„■• „, comfortf I am fully aware -!„: the answer will '"' '" r 'ifffnMvr purpo«.*. but. nwtulwr. th- i-im-w* «l Ailr i- monov. anil f.n , Fninrr. whifli j,mi."iiii Indian K.mpiro with ii- myruil trra-ur,. nn μ-l.!. «l»r. or ,Jmmon. b«-injr >•> al.'olut.-ly f«lf-oi.ntain<"d i-.he balance "f oxiornul tr.nle i* always in our favour] which places v.- in a position 11 f tinaiK-ial ol ri-nplh suffiricnt to so,-,ir,-. by loans, tbe H-rvicr* of an ally like Russia, capable "t 2.000.(KM) men on a possible enemy's ironiicr. In this Dominion you have a comvour export.-* arc, and will lw, mainly \von| ami foo.l [irodui-!*. your for.'i-n debt i.< .CSII.OOO.UUO. the otn-i <if livinp, even a; tlii.- ilati'. i-< one-fou'.tli mnre tiian in my .-..uniry. Mtppc.-in-now you multiplied iwen.r times and adiled another cvplior In your external obligation, what margin of foodstuff-! would you have to pay for import- p!u< iC:U.00o".nOO l>y way of int.Tcst in the year A.D. 201 4 V Mii'-li letter nialw -tibspriliinp'to ■■'<■"> head of jo» r Empirr. triwardis one tliwt.—l am. <*i<-.. HENRI .TACQI'B?.