. Review of reviews and world's work . t off in time ofwar. With her strong navy, however, En-gland at war has really nothing to fear. Whesia neutral, as Mr. Asquith has pointed out,she would greatly benefit by it, since theamount of her food supply carried in foreignships is comparatively small. j-^g There are now, in the UnitedBritish Kingdom of Great Britain andCensus jj-eland, 45,216,741 persons, orthere were several weeks ago, when thecensus figures were turned in to the HomeOffice at London. Of this total England andWales have slightly over 36,000,000, thisshowing an increase of slightly
. Review of reviews and world's work . t off in time ofwar. With her strong navy, however, En-gland at war has really nothing to fear. Whesia neutral, as Mr. Asquith has pointed out,she would greatly benefit by it, since theamount of her food supply carried in foreignships is comparatively small. j-^g There are now, in the UnitedBritish Kingdom of Great Britain andCensus jj-eland, 45,216,741 persons, orthere were several weeks ago, when thecensus figures were turned in to the HomeOffice at London. Of this total England andWales have slightly over 36,000,000, thisshowing an increase of slightly over 10 percent, as compared with the figures of thepreceding census. Scotland shows an in-crease of 6 per cent., and Ireland a decrease of2 per cent. The report of the Registrar Gen-eral in charge of the census notes two specialfactors. First, the excess of births overdeaths, and second, the balance of emigra-tion over immigration. Moreover, the coun-try population has increased more rapidlythan formerly, although rural depopulation. liioto^raph from Paul Thompson, New York SIR WILFRID LAURIER, AS HE APPEARED LAST MONTHAT THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE IN LONDON is still a serious issue in England. The popu-lation figures for the capital show that ingreater London there are 7,252,963 personsnow living, an increase of per cent, on thefigures of the preceding census. Comparingthe relative growth of New York and London,statisticians are reminding us that, at thesame rate of growth as has obtained during 30 THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEWS
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