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■ ♦ BRITAIN’S DIMINISHING BIRTH RATE BISHOP OF EXETER’S VIEWS ■Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, October 20. (Received October 21, at 1.15 p.ra.) “England is hot decadent, but has begun to decay,” declares tho Bishop of Exeter (Lord William Cecil). “ The birth rate,” he said, “ tells us that the glory of the raco is diminishing. It may be many years before the word docadence can I be fairly used, but tho mainspring of tho nation’s greatness is losing its power.”—Australian Press Association. .
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Evening Star, Issue 20311, 21 October 1929, Page 12
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