MIGRATION WITHIN THE EMPIRE.
[TO THE EDITOR. OY THE " SPSZTATOR."]
SIEjCIDUld not the Coronation year of our Gracious Sovereign be made additionally memorable by the initiation of a scheme for keeping all the emigrating Britons under the Flag ? England is much concerned about her exports of goods, rejoices when they increase, and is ever seeking new markets for them. But why is she so careless as to the destination of her most precious export—the export of Men ? They still pour away in their tens of thousands to the United States, and the Empire is infinitely the poorer for this loss. The Imperial Conference meets in June. The most important subject that could be discussed at it would be the organised transference of the surplus population of the British Isles to the Over-Sea Dominions. Bring the landless men to the manless lands. Australia, at least, needs millions of willing hearts and hands to develop her riches and to defend this farthest part of the King's dominions. Have we statesmen of the centre of the Empire and of the daughter States who can rise to the greatness of the occasion and determine not to cease in their delibera- tions until they have placed this matter of Empire migration on a satisfactory and permanent basis Let us pray that for the future of the Empire we have.—I am, Sir, &e.,
RICHARD ARTHUR, ILD, President Immigration League of Australasia, 14, Moore Street, Sydney.
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