Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-15
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A DECADE OF WARS.
What They Cost In Men and Money
and What They Gained.
TO BE CONTINUED

What They Cost In Men ana money
and What They Gained.
The agreement at Portsmouth
closes a decade Of almost continuous
warfare. In the last ten years there
have been five great conflicts. The
empires Of China, Great Britain. ia
pan, Russia and Turkey, the kingdom
Of Spain and the American republic
have all tried the arbitrament Of the
sword. Out Of a total population of
about 1,400, 100000 war has been the
portion of perhaps 1,1S0,OO0,000.
Nearly 100000 men have seen SER
vice In the field. About $5.500.000.-
900 has been sacrificed in indemni-
ties and war expenses.
Japan opens as well as closes this
sanguinary decade. In its war with
China, which was concluded by the
treaty Of Shimonoseki, April II. 1895,
lit put 60,979 men in the field, and
lost 4,11O Of them; spent about
100000. and collected s140.00O,-
900 in indemnity. China had over
100000 men in the field, and lost
about 10000 in killed and wounded.
War was declared between Greece
and Turkey April l, 1897, and con-
cluded in thirty-one days. Turkey
put 100000 men in the field and
Greece 100000. Greece paid an in
demnity of s1S,O0O,000.
The United States-declared war
against Spain April "a, 1898, and
signed the protocol August 13. 1898.
1t had 100000 men under arms. of
whom 2,9l0 lost their lives, all but
sn6 of disease. 1t spent $165.000.OOO.
The Spanish forces at Santiago num-
bered 23.500. in Porto Rico 1900.
and at Manila 1900. Spain's war
losses, direct and indirect, amounted
to $500, 900, 900. Its losses In killed
and wounded were about 5000 men.
1t had already lost $374,000,O0O and
100, 900 men in attempting to repress
the last Cuban rebellion.
Great Britain and the Boer re-
publics went to war October IL,
1899, and concluded peace May 81,
1902. The Beers put $4,000 men in
the field, of whom 4,400 died of
wounds and disease. and $4,000 were
captured. Great Britain put 44S,OOO
men in the field, Of whom 21,942 lost
their lives in battle or from disease.
The war cost 1t about $1,030,000,00O.
Russia and Japan went to war
February 8. 1904. and concluded hos
tilities August 29, 1905. Russia sent
$40. 900 men to the front. Of whom
1t is estimated $4,000 have been
killed or wounded. japan sent
100000 men to the front. Of whom
$4,000 have been killed and wounded
The expenditure Of neither power is
definitely known, but their joint war
bills will be about 2,000,000.O00.
AS a set-off to all this waste of
energy and human life and wealth.
the United States has island posses
sions-an empire" as some Of Its
people call them-Great Britain has
assured itself an empire in south
Africa, Turkey has shown the small
Balkan powers that it would be IA
tai to provoke its anger. Japan has
settled 1t that farther Asia shall ex-
pand under it's leadership rather than
that Of China or Russia.
1t Is worthy Of note that the only
important group Of civilized states
In the world that has been at peace
in the last decade is that over whose
destinies the so-called war lord
presides. The triple alliance has not
drawn the sword. 1t had enough OF
that in the generation preceding our
own, when Prussia conducted three
wars, Austria three and Italy three,
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