The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-07
WORLDS POPULATION
IS FIFTEEN BILLIONS
Eight Hundred Million Men Now
Play the Game of
Civilization.

LONDON. September 30. - The
changes in Europe since 1901 show
! some remarkable reversals in states and
| politics The Europe of 1901 counted
! 17J. 600 900 inhabitants; its population
| today exceeds 43s 100000. The popu-
| lation of France. which ran to over
33,0oo,0o0 exceeded then in number,
| cohesion and living strength that Of
any nation except Russia, which, how
ever, counted only $4,000, 900 The popu-
lation Of the British Isles was only IS
100000. not quite half that of France.
The German empire counting its 300
states, often at war with each other.
had IN all only $4,000 200 people. Italy
was only geographical expression"
at that time but the whole ppennsula
in ten duchies comprised only 10000.
600 people, Austria and Hungary to-
gether numbered only 25,0O0,0 Out
side of Europe at that time the world
was either desert or unknown
The population Of China had risen
from 80 900, 900 at the dawn of the
Christian era to 1873 100000 in 1875,
but no other figure was quoted for
Asia. Africa was to the civilized
world mere outline. In America the
official census of 1890 reported
4.000,0 900 inhabitants. which rose, ac-
cording to the census Of 1900, to
= .,IS I'M NJ
en- for the rest of America, nor was
anything known of the population of
Oceanic, Australia or New Zealand.
Conditions Changed.
Today the political condition of
Europe has changed with the change
of population France, which 10
years ago was the first and in a sense
the only power of Europe, today is of
comparatively small account The
population of Europe has risen from
l15, 1000, 900 to 43S, 900, 000-an in
crease of 263 900, 600, or about $50
per cent. France has increased only
from 100000 to $4,000, 600, an in
crease of only IS per cent. In 1901
France was in population one-ifth of
Europe; today it is less than one
eleventh The population of Great
Britain exceeds $4,000. 900 an in
crease of 29,000.00o. or more than $50
per cent.
The German empire has grown from
25,000.000 inhabitants of rival and
jealous states in 1901 to a homogene-
Gus strength of $4,000 900, an increase
of 40,000000 since 1901 the increase
alone exceeding the population of all
OF France today-and of 26,000,000
since 1870. The population of Ger
many has increased l52 per cent since
1901. Austria Hungary has more
than doubled its population, which
now numbers 100000 and Italy,
with 34,000,000 inhabitants, has near
Iy doubled. Spain counts 10000 600
Belgium and the Lowlands exceed
1900, 900, i'll place of 100000 in
1901. Russia has increased in living
strength by 200 per cent and num-
bers 3S,000000 people Japan has
come out of the seas with 65,000OOO
inhabitants to take an important place
in the world
In America, of course, progress is
more marked. Canada has 1000 900
people; Brazil 100000 to 10000
900; Peru, 3,000,0O0; Chile. $500 900;
the Argentine Republic, 5000 900; Mex
leo. 10000 900, and the United States.
characterized as ga miracle of vitality,
energy, prodigious industry and world
embracing commerce. itself is a YER
liable New World, with nearly lO0.-
100000 inhabitants.
The world has made great progress
since 1901 and progressed in every
nation except one France. which
claims. and some years ago Justly
claimed, to be the land of progress
and enlightenment, and of the growth
of ideas and the expansion of thought
has remained in those 10 wears al
most outside the world : advance. In
1901 less than 200. 100000 men count
ed in the play of historical or polit-
zeal events. Today nearly 500 1000 900
men know, how to WELD the same
weapons, to use the like implements
and instruments in the struggle for
HE. census tomorrow would dis
close world 5 population showing the
prodigious figure of 10000 600, 900 The
conditions in France have been at
tributed to irreligion. race suicide, etc,
but the real causes must be left to
her own people for eiucidation