LONDON STILL THE LARGEST CITY.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17211, 30 July 1921, Page 11

LONDON STILL THE LARGEST CITY.

London stSl loads (writes F. A. MeKonzio in th» London. "Daily Mail"). Now York city'b boast that it Cias at last surpassed us in population is train. New York wishes to compare Greater New York with tbie County of London to show that it iB larger. But Greater New York includes vast areas of rural land: the County of London cxclodv* very largo and thickly populated parts of the metropolis, sac** for example, as Hornsey. The onlyi'ateal basis cStompuam i » between Gteater-New -York. ;«M_tho London Cjty audi Jfotropoutan potic© districts. ■•'■«• Greater London has well over seven millions population. Greater Hovr York Owb over firo ana a'half millions. A . "Little Odd New York," as the man on Broadway loves to caU it,, baa done, its best- for- a hundred yearn ttcrema up to us. Its population hicresscdjor a long time at a much greater rate than ours. Not long ago it socmedHikeiy that New York wquld really pass London in 1&90. .But London since tho .'war- has' been growing very rapidly too. It is how'more.tban ever ww vital centre of the world. Every great worldwide enterprise has to nave headquarifics hero Bach city has its own distincthra charm.- London can show nothing to compare with the glories of New York Bay arid. theLNewnTork sea approach. New York ,cannot ahow anything no charming as the view from Iwchmoml miL , .. a * New York is the more splendid. Tho great Public Library on 'Fifth Avenue is. an example to, us, not only in beauty , but also in sheer utility. We have nothing to compare wita New York's two tog railroad station*. They ore super-palace 3. New Yorkpnts all. its splendour in its front window. It dhows itself' at its best. London does,its best to hido its beauty. ■. New York has :tho glory of its skyscrapers, and a very real glory it*,is. London has the beauty of fier # greafc white stone liistoric buildings in the City. Our streets are on the whole more conveniently arranged for traffic. Somo New Yorkers will howl at mo for saying so, but it is true all the same. • New York City's long straight street* are about as inconvenient as anything could be for transit. To prove this you need only ride on top of an omnibas from Washington square to Ono-hun-drcd-and-forty-third street on a .May afternoon; But do not mako the, experiment unless you lmvo most of the afternoon'to Bparo for that journey. London is better governed. London Port arrangements aro infinitely better than Isew York's. Loudon has a greater charm. It is a City of Homes as New York is not. And yet no one who fans lived much in Now York City as 1 have done can bo blind to tho wonderful attractivcnois of its vivid, virile, vigorous life. It is tho City of Strength. Lost of all, London is expensive to tlm visitor. After a short time he iindi very little money left in his purse. New York does not leave you with, littlo; it leaves you with none at all.