Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-15
GROWTH or EUROPE
increase in Population Great
in a Hundred Years.
FRANCE ALONE STATIONARY
Some Remarkable Reverse Arc
Shown in States and Policies.
POLITICAL CONDITIONS GRANGE
Remarkable Advance Of Germany
From twenty-five to Sixty
Five Millions.
FRANCE ALONE STATIONARY
POLITICAL CONDITIONS GRANGE
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

rofelxn correspondence or Tie Star.
LONDON. September 3, 1910
The changes In Europe since 1901 show
some remarkable reversals In states and
politics. The Europe of 1901 counted 49,
OO00 nhabitants: its population today
exceeds 43SOoo.Oo0. The population OF
France. which ran to over $4,000 OCo.
exceeded then in number. cohesion and
living strength that OF any nation except
Russia. which. however. counted only :s.-
100000. The population OF the British
isles was only 100000. not quite half
that OF France. The German empire count
ing its 200 states. often at war With one
another. had in all only aS,000.COo. peo-
pie. Italy vas only geographical ex-
preston at that time, but the whole
peninsula in ten duchies comprised only
100000 people. Austria and Hungary
together numbered only -. 900 900. Out
side of Europe at that time the world
was either desert or unknown.
The population OF china had arisen
from 100000 at the dawn OF the
Christian era to ;c3. O00. 900 in l1a5. but
no other figure was quoted for Asia.
Africa was to the civilized world a mere
outline. In America the Official "cereus''
OF 1870 reported 100000 Inhabitants.
which rose. according to the census Of
$500. to a3os. 4s5. No precise figure was
given for the rest Of America. nor was
anything known of the population of
Oceanic, Australia or New Zealand.
Political Conditions Changed.
Today the political condition Of Europe
has changed with the change OF popula-
ton. France, which a hundred and ten
years ago was the first and in a sense
the only power OF Europe. is today OF
comparatively small account The popu-
lation OF Europe has risen from l750Oo-
600 to 43s.Oo0.O00-an increase Of 49,
has increased only from s8.OO0OOo TO
39,nDO0O. an increase Of only IL per
cent. In 1901 France was In population
one-fifth Of Europe: today II is less than
Brtsin exceeds ns an Sss.s
Of 20.0OO.eCO, or more than $50 per cent.
The German empire has grown from
2o.0oOOOo Inhabitants OF rival and Jealous
states In 1901 to homogeneous strength
OF 6S,OO.0p, an increase OF 4O00o.0O,
since 1eol-the increase alone excesdine
the population OF all OF France toda:
and OF 28000.o00 since 1870 The popua-
ton OF Germany has increased by 1872 per
cent since 1901. Austria. Hungary has more
than doubled its population, which now
numbers J0.01o0o. ana italy. with "a
10000 Inhabitants. has nearly doubled.
Spain counts 20.0DOO0. Belgium ana the
iO~landS exceed l&.Uu,hO. In place o.
100000 In 1901. Russia has increased In
living strength by 900 per cent. and NUM-
bers 13s.on.OO0 people Japan has come
out of the seas with O.. O0O0sO inhabitants
to take an important place In the world
In the Western Hemisphere.
In America. Of course. preSress IL more
marked. Canada has 100000 people.
BRAZIL. 100000 to 10000 900; Peru. a.
con. 0D0; Chile. $500 900: Argentina, A0l0.-
600: Mexico. l6.oo.0O. and the Unvsd
States, characterized as a" a miracle o.
vitality. energy. prodigious industry and
world-embracing commerce.. IL itself Q
veritable new world. with nearly i0noOO.-
coo inha bi ants
The world has made great progress
since 1901. and progressed In every nation
except one. France. which ciainsr ami
some years ago Justly claimed to b.
the land Of progress and enlightenment
and OF the growth Of ideas and the -
panson OF thought, has remained IN thos-
ITO years almost outside the worlds Cd
vance. In 1901 less than :0.GD.Ono men
counted I'm the play OF historical o.
political events. Today nearly sBmp:sg
men know how to WELD the same
weapons. to use the like implements and
instruments In the struggle for Iife A
census tomorrow would disclose q world y
populs ton showing the prodigous figure
Of 1890, 0lO.nO The conditions IN France
have been attributed to irreiiston. race
suicide. etc. but the real causes must
be left to her own people for a.en.dation.