Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-09
HUMAN oAnnsst.


. Q ~ NHAtNfWNN NNNNN IN " NNH "
the last Thirty YEAR,.
In time Of peace the s,atiiticisns count
Tho cost Of war IN men and money,
which does not seem. however. TO lave
any effect whatsoever IN tho way u pre-.
vention. The fact IL Mother govern.
mcnts no. peoples want war In the lb-
stract. though there always cxist latent
| Icalousies and hnireds and The desire for
advantages which war alone brings that
render It possible at any moment. You
cannot make governments count their
dead beforehand. though It "a easy
enough to count them niterwufl; while
as for the prospective dcht q nation as.
snmos u In advance as ccolly usa farmer
! places mortgage on his fnrin.
According to tho estimates Of French
and German ttatisticians there have rcr-
ishos In thc waTs Of the last thirty years
200 900 mon. whilo there has been ox.
pended 70 carry them on no les than
the uncomfortable sum Of $1,000 0lo,-
600. OF this amount France has paid
nearly 100000 900 ns the cost Of the
war with Prussia, while her loss In men
is placed nj $4,000. OF these $1,000
were killed on the field Of battle, 5000
died Of sickness, accidents or suicide and
gg,OOO in German prisons. while there
died from other causes enough 20 bring
the number up to the given aggregate.
Tho sick and wounded amounted 10
SlI,i2i, the lives Of many ;houlands Of
whom were doubtless shortened by their
Illness or injuries.
According 70 DR.. Roth. . German
authority. tho Germans lost during the
war 0O.oo0men killed rendered invalid
and s0O0, 100000 In money. this being
the excess Of expenditure or Of material
losses over the 1880 10000 paid by
France by way Of indemnity.
DIR. Engol, another distinguished Cor
man statistician. gives the following as
the approximate cost Of the principal
wars Of the last thirty years. Crimean
war. 50 10000 900; Italian war Of 1850.
500 100000; Prusso. Ssnish war OF 1894,
$4,000. 900; war Of tho rebellion. north
S,iO0,000 900. south $500. 000, 900.
Prusso.Austro war Of 1860. $3.50. 900. 900;
Russo-rurkish war. slgj.OO0, 900. South
African wars. ss,11O,JO0; Afghan war,
si3,2j0.00Oi Seryo-DulgaHan war. ti5G,-
100000.
All these wars were murdcrous IN the
extreme. Tho Crmcgn war, In which
few battles were fought, cost 10000
lives. only $1,000 loss than were killed
or died Of their wounds. north aud
eouth, during the war OF the rebellion.
The hgurea. IL must be remembered. arc
German. and might not agree precisely
with American estimates. The Mexican
and Chinese expeditions cost SEQ, OO0, 600
and 1900 lives.
There were 10000 killed and mortally
wounded during the Russo.Turl.ish war.
md 5000 each In the Italian war Of
1850 and the war between Prussia and
Austria. In the ether wars the loss OF
life WIS relatively less. which ala not
mako either the men or money easier 20
part with In the moro limited areas
whore they occurred.
Aud this 20 bnt a part o. the account.
ing, since II does not include the mill.
ions expended during the las. twenty
ycars In maintaining tho vast armamcnts
ofthk European polfs, tho losses caused
: 4-s..fS '-or-s-ss s-&<~>>ehrn-ua
factures, aud the continual dernngcmen
Of industries by tho abstraction iron
useful employment OF so mnny million
Of persons held Tor a period Of miliiar,
service extending from three to ay,
yeara.-San Francisco Chronicle.