The House of Commons on Thursday; November 3rd, dis- cussed
and adopted a Supplementary Etstieutte of £350,000 for- the Colonial Office, to be partly devoted to the work of settling ex-Service men hr the Domitriong. The debate was noteworthy for Mr. Clynes's acceptance' of the' -Om that men should be encouraged to leave this overcrowded country for other parts of the Empire. Most Labour politicians have discouraged emigration. Mr. Clynes, on the contrary, said that " it was an insular parochial doctrine—never, he hoped, to be entertained by any Labour party—that a- Briton mu-`t not leave these shores." " What was the good," he asked, of having these great territories in remote parts of- the world if they were not to make either immediate or ultimate use of them ? " Mr. Wood, the tinder-Secretary for the Colonies' said that the Government had-assisted 60,000 men to emigre° since the Armistice. Of these, -25,000 had gone to Canada.: 20,000 to Attstradia, 10A00 to Nest Zealand, and 5,000' to Sot'
Africa. The Government hoped to make a regular grant in aid of emigration, As the Imperial Conference had suggested. The money would be well spent.
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