A novel and ambitious plan of international settlement is outlined in the programme of the Land Coionization and Industrial Guild. Their ideal is " a real League of Nations, a league of the common peoples of the world."
This it is proposed to bring about' by a system of seli-supporting agricultural colonies, in various countries, each under its own local governing powers, and central authority, but ce-ordinated with every other settlement over the globe,*and bearing the same title and distinctive features.
Tse Simpre Lire, The members of the settlements, it is claimed, will become quickly known to the peoples of their countries aa a separate type—a new race—wtih a distinctive purpose and common advocacy. Facilities will be arranged for cheap and easy intercourse and inter-trading with sister communities in all lands.
By way of showing the possibilities which lie in that direction one is invited to imagine a band of international] settlers, drawn from different settlements, touring through foreign countries—as preaching friars—walking from colony to colony, dressed in their national costumes, singing national airs, disnlaving national customs, and fraternizing freely with' the neovle.
Apparently candidates for the Settlements have to be vegetarians, non-drinkers, and pacifists. At the Kelling colony, of some 20 acres, each person is allotted two acres to cultivate, and work proceeds on the principle of the simple life. Some cultivate the land, others perform cooking and domestic duties, and others, again, are engaged in handicrafts such as weave Ing and leather work.
Av Kelling settlers live in tents, a caravan, wooden huts, and circular Army huts. Each settler has to pay 128. 6d. a week to the communal] household, and must be prepared to do a certain amount of manual labour.
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