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Since the 1946 Constitution, the oversea countries dependent on France are subdivisions of the French Republic, which is a unitary state with one territory, one nationality for all inhabitants, one constitutional law, one legislature and one executive. However the overseas territories are distinct entities in law. Their citizens have now the right to vote and are represented in assemblies. Although the subjects of the trusteeships territories are not French nationals, they enjoy the same rights and liberties as if they did in fact have French nationality. (Author's abridged summary).

Recent industrial developments creed in. Belgian Africa a depopulation in rural areas of 1/4 of the population. To remedy this the government adopted the following measures: (1) bettering of professional requirements; (2) rise in the minimum wages; (3) control of the industrial enterprises; and (4) a bettering of rural areas. The buying power of the working class has increased. The system of familial allocation has to be changed since it presently works unsatisfactorily. Housing and medical facilities will be bettered. Saving accounts are encouraged. D. Bystryn.

During this two year period, race relations have worsened. In Kenya the Mau Mau movement started. It is particularly anti-European and anti-Christian. One major cause for its appearance is the belief among the natives that the soil was alienated for European agricultural colonization. The second factor is represented by the social modifications brought about by the whites. The population has increased very quickly, and one solution to this problem is in the development of the economic resources of Occidental Africa. The problem of race relations is also acute in Bechuanaland because of the marriage of the chief's heir to a white woman. In the United Kingdom itself there are about 10,000 students and 40,000 colored workers and no discrimination. In matters of health tuberculosis is one of the greatest problems of social medicine. Great progress has been made in the case of leprosy, but malaria is still the greatest health hazard. A new organization, the Aplied Nutrition Unit, has been established. It is concerned with medical and dietetic aspects of nutrition. In several regions a program of housing construction has been started. D. Bystryn.

34 pp. ; 24 cm ; Odb. z: Sprawy Morskie i Kolonialne, 1938, z. 4 ; Summ. fre. ; 34 s. ; 24 cm ; Odb. z: Sprawy Morskie i Kolonialne, 1938, z. 4 ; Streszcz. fr.