14 APRIL 1923, Page 9

Is there not a possibility that in the future organiza-

tion of Western civilization Labour will become much more mobile ? Just as before the War a huge army of Italian workers left their native land for short periods for seasonal employment in South America and in Central Europe and elsewhere ; just as Irish harvesters came to Great Britain each year, and as Aberdeen fisher-girls still come to Yarmouth for herring packing, may it not be possible to work out some scheme of co-operation between the English-speaking peoples whereby surplus labour could be transferred from one place to another ? At any rate, the suggestion of my American friend is well worth thinking about.