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Pacific Press Publishing Company · MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA · Feb 14, 1906

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 7.

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Race Suicide

Race Suicide.—France is considered the country of race suicide. Its yearly birth-rate is one hundred fifty thousand less than it was in 1871, numbering only 818,239 the last year. This is according to the statistician, M. Bertillon. Last year, it is stated, the population of France increased by only 57,000, while in Great Britain there was an increase of 500,000, and in Germany of 812,000. Germany is now said to have 60,000,000 inhabitants, while France has only 39,000,000. It certainly is a serious question that one may ask, How much has her infidelity had to do with the condition of things which prevail?