FRANCE AND GERMANY.
It is somewhat of .a coincidence that, at a period when Germany is engaged in one of the most exciting elections in modem history, France sihould ibe exepriencing a political crisis in w.hidli the dealings with Germany play not an inconsiderable part. France is, unhappily, a country whose (population is. not increasing. The population of Germany, on the other hand, is increasing by leaps and bounds, and it is not unniatural that she should adopt a policy of territorial expansion ■which will involve heartburnings, if not hostilities, with other countries". The following table shows the comparative increases in population in itfhe differeait countries djuring the last'fifty years:— 1860. 1910. [Russia 75,000,000 15-5,000,000 United States 31,443,000 89,500,000 Germany 3-5,800,000 64,300,000 Japan 30,000,000 50,500,000 Austria-Hun-gary 32,500,000 50,000,000 United Kingdom 28,900,000 45,000,000 British colonies 5,146.000 18,800,000 France 37,400,000 . 39,300,000 Italv 2-5,000,000' 34,800,000 Spain 15,660,000 20,100,000
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10529, 16 January 1912, Page 4
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145FRANCE AND GERMANY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10529, 16 January 1912, Page 4
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