The sun., 1894-10-21
THE ENDOF THE CENTURY.
nvsFUTfHs, IN FRaNos As TO WHEN
IT OCCURS


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PxHrst oct.5.r-Just q. at the end Of the last
century, peoplsare alressiy beginning to dispute
the exact termination Of the nineteenth and
commencement Of the twentieth century IL will
etafstre.sineDet 10 kuowto which century we
beienxz SO eithas been proposed In Paris that
the9svernment nj shall AZ the, Fin de steele by
oeasssa decision. AZ the proper time, piacards
like theatrical posters. should display; ITO
nssvrow, close OF nineteenth century. Day after
tomorrow. opening OF twentieth century, En-
trance ffesl"'
Evea uphscientife msn as Camille Flamar-
roe eEtaDr Bcrtillon lad. not long ago, a sharp
correspondence on the subject One party
n.Aiutasnsthss the nineteenth century will end
with It's tuudreth year. that is, after 80 years,
IL months, 20 days, % hours, and so minutes
In other wvrtis, at the end Of 1899. The oppos-
ing party liolds that. however this. may be, the
twentieth century cannot possibly begin until
Jan. 1. 1897, Just ss tho second decade OF figures
In numeration begins with IL, while 10 closes,
the first. The doubtful element IL. therefore.
tue year 1000s which, according to one party,
belongs to the nineteenth century, and, accord
ing TO the other. to thu twentieth.
A Amaster Of statistics has made predetion Of
what the world will DO At the end of another
100 years. First the climate will not have
changed sensibly. Secondly, in population Eu-
rppe will have 7sO.OO0,0oO of inhabitants, Asia
1000. 900, 900, while America will have reached
aa A,a nd A fri
10O.0O0O0O. The chief increase will be in
America first. and In Europe next. In the for
NOR Spanish America will havethe heaviest in
crease. There Is this difference, however, that
in America the increase will 20 acceleratlng,
while in Europe IL will go on in diminishing
rstio The diminution OF increase In population
which is already noticed In France. will follow
In Germany. Italy, and England. As for the
different nations Of that time. Russia will
have 100000 OF population. Germany ll5,-
O0O.0 900. and France only 55OOO,OO0 China
will have passed 500. .00O. 900. and In all proba-
bility will still remain outside OF modern civii-
zstiou. In America these fignros have the
greatest meaning. Tho United States will have
4O0.OOO,OO0, Mexico and Brazll 10000, 200,
Canada 40, 900, ,O00 the Argentine Republic and
Chill 10000 900. The two civilized nations
which will have the greatest power will be the
United States aud Russia, having together over
700, 100000 inhabitants. The English Lam
guage will be spoken by more thau
500.O00.O00. while tho Russian language
will be still little current among other
nations, on account Of It's structure and alpha
bet. Spanish and Portuguese will come next.
with o35, 1000. 900, while French. including the
Inhabitants Of Indo-China, Canada and Algiers.
who speak that language will. like German,
represent 100.000,000 only. Ia this way the
English language will have the advantage of all.
These predictions. however fantastic they
may appear. are based on u careful study OF the
statistics Of this century, together with all the
probabilities for thu, next, which can be fore
seen. The illusory element comes from the uu-
certain political future of the different nations.
rs to the condition Of things in the coming
century, the promises and the threats OF its
futuro, many men to bs Of many minds
concerning IL. Pnpe Leo XIII. and Elise Re
clus. tho leader of Anarchy. agree In saying
that everything will depend on the condition Of
the laboring classes Pope Leo says: BY
studying the condition of wOrkingJnen, we have.
sought TO put an end to that fatal conflict which
tarmsnes aud menaccs human society, above
which there is brooing like n black cloud the
ra9e of popular passions, foretelling In fearful
llghtaihg flashes tbs lsiiinR loose of storm big
with shipwrecks.' Elise Reclus, who would
ask nothing bettsc than T" ride upon this storm
andgnids 10, says. without u fear:
'" Although miseries and abuses Of every kind
have diminish sd. ahS.lliIiely speaking. yet
tni TINT they haze !Iad - fri Infn increase
wham seen through 0ur present conscience.
which Is to the conscience of tina past what the
microscope Is tn tho eSe<la-s. Our agn offers
terrible signs. Woe tn the sorieiy which under
stands not the meaning of tl,at which Is every
~ners maEins reas!y; wos to tho socieiy which
seea. like y symptom OF It's own decomposition.
the growth Of the Anarchist dunger and Ui the
revolution wher. international a-sncistions find
words in la Rsrlis. ihe Anarchist organ pub
lislied under his nilIenc.. In another place,
nsr S;s s.s hs % own "ms ne has gs sr
is your lot for the morrow, iihle ,pr"p-
win take from yon III. neld and its
they will bind you to some iron miachine. smok-
ing and shrieking, and, Wrapt aronnd with the
as pistln ten or twelye Thousand tiines day.
'fhis they Will call agriculture for we are IN an
serysd 's BY ths army af eSes.s snd pSiessors
srs .s9 9SeDar,nH iSr yGn a. saelsI Srgaa1stioh M r. IN
even men where men are only v heels Of which
ys, ria ;ysar-alr when thes med'lis with reason
Thrpin. who has passed his life in inyenting
the explosives which some Anarchists have
FrsncA countrymen By thrsafsning 20 sell new
invsnllul to ths Gsi1nan euemy. has an idea
.naL the good lime coming will be the result OF
dynamiIs. " Man who devote themselves out OF
natri0tism tO the discovery Of engihrs of war
'Apahls of assuring to theif country AN indis-
nata bIa prepanderahce over her ttnrinies art in
sxirshly destined to becOnie, by the very march
ar peogeesa- thu greatest strvants Of all man
kiad The dAS wilt come indeed shonld
q not ba to-morroS- when ons of them
wlit bsstnw an the world 50 taruilda-
BE an Instrument OF death that the con-
fkiGes hstsean naIi0as will be rendered iInpDasi-
hls. What account will then hs n,ade u ths
hsc4hqAihs OF the RasE snd OF that thal hec1-
uDnsb In prassnas on tho universal peace which
Nfff be saounsl fbrevsr:" fhis should be read
IN ths hgll ~ tbs description of the Latest in
Ventioll. Whieh would s'aIter such u slOlEer Of
explosives over hostile army a. 10 mo" down
$4,000 a 10 weep.
keshsE Hy asinth sRa Alexander Dumas look
On the coming Geneury with more anlinhle eyes.
me IL faisr says: In tho tWsatisth century.
Stctes Huge dseiRFsd. there would hs ~ more
dosIssss aHd RaoFe fFOatissS lie made a
double mistake. TO speak sals 0f frontiers;
they III exist DIlz he nlstiAa themselves,
fsF shOm they guard distinEt Ratarss and mu-
talal lndspsndeaee. What h tRas iS that froa-
tisfs shaH klnRSF ba masked Ailh OhADsi. nOU