Evening journal., 1900-01-04
.cosr oF oasAI WARS 1EE
r., Aggregate Sum Is So Vast - q
Sc Beyond the Ordinary Grasp,

Sc Beyond the Ordinary Grasp,
I'VE have recently heard that as far
as We have gone We have spent some
thing like six millions to bring Mr..
Kruger TO his senses. II will, there,
fore, be interesting to look back to
other items OF our war bills, dating
back to exactly three hundred years
ago.
II we take the paid bills off the file
and add up the totals, we find that
during this period We have spent
about E1,400,000,000 in war. Cal
culating the population of the United
Kingdom at forty millions, we might
estimate that had the money been
saved, there would be a nice little
nest-egg of &35 for every man, wom-
an and child Of the population.
Still, II Is well to remember, when
peace advocates point TO the figures
with grief that, on the whole, we
have made very fair profit on our
war expenditure, for it has helped us
largely to gain an empire whose total
revenues would pay of the war bill
in less than six years. Indeed, one OF
the best investments we ever made
is found in the heaviest item of the
whole account, the ES31 100000 spent
in smashing Napoleon. II this sum
had not been forthcoming, Answers
would, without doubt have been print
ed in the French language, and the
tri-color would now be waving over
the House of Parliament.
The next largest item to the Well
ington account is the bill for the cam
paigns of the great Duke of MarlboT-
ough, which totals up to the compare
lively modest figure of 81S2, 100000,
while Ell, 100000 is written off in
our profit and loss account as to the
| price of our little family quarrel, when
! Cousin Jonathan left home and set up
in business for himself John Bull al
ways scratches his head rather doubt
fully over that leaf ia his ledger.
1t Is three hundred years ago this
year since the Earl of Essex started
the account by four million pounds
worth of war against the Spaniards in
Ireland; while less than fifty years
after Cromwell followed him in the
same distressful country, wasting fifty
seven good millions in slaughtering
some of the very best material in the
British army. He in his turn was fol
lowed by William ILL.,, whose travel
ing expenses in Ireland and Holland
amounted to 2333,O00,O00.
Canada cost us about $4,000, 900
a fairly good bargain when compared
with the Crimean War, of which oul
share was &69,OO0,0O0, out of tota
of g 305, OOO, 600. The terrible waste
in this war laid rather in lives than II
money, for, out OF 1880 men we pu
in the field, we lost 22,1S2, or 221a pei
cent Of the total strength. Only 2,75'
OF these poor fellows were killed II
action, while of the 1920 wounded
only ,875 died OF their wounds. There
were 17,S47 died of disease, and /
may be safely assumed that, had OF
, troops been as well cared for as thOs'
who are now engaged with the Beers
the British army would have left tn
, Crimea richer by 1900 men.
Less unpleasant reading than on
own are the war bills Of our neigh
. bors. though they naturally have in
/ yolved many of our losses.
, The worlds wars duriI he ninet
years ending in the year 1859 cost a
together G3,O47, 200, 900, together wit
"a loss Of 4,470,000 lives.
Next to the twenty-year war b.
tween ourselves and France, whicl
! ending at Waterloo. cost altogethe
a1.25O, 900, 900 and 100000 lives, tn
most costly struggle was that betwee
! the Northern and Southern States I
e America, the price of which wa
s Gao. 900, 900 and 656,OOO lives.
e The FrancoPrussian war cost I'll
S belligerents 9316,000,000 and $1,000
o killed and wounded out of the III;
600 men engaged. Altogether, SIZE
e men were put out OF action althoue
l. this total includes 100000 French PR
n oners.
d The German hospital returns, hoy
s. ever, showed a great improvement {
d our Crimean record, for out Of the
l. $4,000 wounded only 1910, or s
e per cent of the cases terminated I
u tally.
e The last great war Of the worl
e. that between Russia and Turkey, CO
4, altogether 9190,000,000 and 1900
D. lives Of which Russia paid 91S3,00
r OOo and 10000 nyes.-London A
u swers.
It Evils Of Profanity.