* * * * But on one point Mr. Churchill
was undoubtedly right—in appealing to the ablest and most enterprising of British workers not to desert the ship by emigrating just at the moment when maximum output is needed to produce exports wherewith to buy necessary imports. It will be a great pity if any controversy develops on this matter with Australia. It is natural that that Dominion should want immigrants, that it should want them from Britain and that it should want them of the best quality. But Mr. Calwell, the Australian Minister of Immigration, is not helping matters when he talks about Britain not being able to support her population ant people wanting to get out of England because they think war it corning in twelve months. That is panic talk, and very much to be deplored. However, as the maximum number which can be transported to Australia at present is 15,000 a year, a figure which includes whole families, the drain on British labour is limited.
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