HEARTHS AND ALTARS.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2643, 11 May 1923, Page 5

HEARTHS AND ALTARS.

IN OUR EMPTY SPACES. WHEN RESOURCES OF EMPIRE ARE REALISED. A TRUST FOB HUMANITY. [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Thursday, 9 p.m.) LONDON, May 9. Mr Lloyd George, in speaking at the Colonial Missionary Society's conven. tion in the City Temple, referred to the millions of men from the British Empire who served during- the war. "How I wish there was one word of appreciation of that fact in France and Belgium." One day, th e ex. Premier said, peo. pie would discover the possibilities and resources of the Empire. Just now they could not believe it, but one day they would believe, and great mo;<e_ ments of population would begin. Tile need of a man for more room would drive him further into the empty spaces of the earth. Cicero had said that States were made of hearths and altars. Emigrants would establish the hearths, but would they set up altars? The new theory that the Empire was a trust to bo strengthened and utilised for the benefit of humanity, had grown largely in recent years. We now realised that the British Empire had saved the liberty of the world. SURPLUS POPULATION. WHOLESALE TRANSPLANTING IMPOSSIBLE. (Received, Thursday 8 p.m.) LONDON, May 9. Mr J. K. Merritt, of Victoria, in an address at the Royal Colonial Institute upon trade within the Empire, and how to develop it, advocated, firstly, reciprocal tariffs, meaning thereby highest possible preferential tariffs, and, secondly, press publicity. He com, plained bitterly that the newspapers consistently ignored Australia and New Zealand. Thirdly, he advocated the education of children of the Empire. Mr Merritt suggested that Britain's annual increase of half a million population should migrate to Australasia, which thereby in twenty years would become one of the greatest pro. ducing countries of the Empire. In the discussion which followed, Sir James Allen advocated the incorpo.i-a. tion in th e Merchandise Bill now be. fore Parliament, of a provision distinguishing Dominions' products from foreign. He, did not believe it possible for Australia and New Zealand to absorb half a million migrants yearly. It was impossible to find them homes and also provide employment.