Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-04
WAR COSTS MONEY
LIVES AND MUCH
SUFFERING
Baron De Constant Peace Mis-.
sionary Tells in Speech.
What He Has Learned on
Subject.

san Francisco Npra -naron
hstoninciles d. Constant The
French missionary In The cause of
intetnationl peace. VINO l. making u
tour 81 me country. spoke here to-
day, taking rs his text The Cam.
raign n Russia The baron said. IN
pant.
Geneial ignorance has been sin
in'ailN useiul to governments in con.
c.alins the consequence OF their wars
nom the eyes OF public opinion
For long time ! have been en-.
dcaNoring IN vain tn iiud out what the
wars during the revolution and the
tha Empire cost France IN men.
exclusive Of ANYTHING else The ng.
utcs vary rom 2.uuU. COZ 10 1000 600
faking only the minimum aud mul.
tipl> ing II by several generations,
mud hat frances population has
been rcductd by 20.00OUOo IN tht
course OF century Bui fur hose
wars We should now in all prubahlity-
have q population OF sixty million IN.
nabiiants instead of fottt VINO would,
moreover be ply sicially stronger IN.
asmuch as without attempting to cal.
culatc The consequence al drink.
which has close connection with
the matter these wars eliminated
tn mon best titttd 20 pcrpctuato their
ANA Even II We limit uursclNCr 20
the immediate consequence Wc
should have tu embark upon snNsgai
years OF research 10 obtain only
doubtful results
We must also take into account
the immense opporiunitios loot by
Frenchmen In all parts of n, world
ana especially in America The
courage and horoism displayed during
a quarter OF century OF war were
NOT call 4 into being by a. as some
people imagine but WctD Already In
existence aud ready tu be- utilized. IN
France and abroad, 10 further enter
piiscs ALREADY begun. Though II was
abandoned after the Seven Years
War the work accomplished rs Car.
tier. Champlain and Ia Sale ana
later on hy Lafayette and Rocham-
beau none the less great though IN
different order oi IDEAS scWed The
seeds Of an abundant harvest that
frcnchmcn. IN spite OF all obstacles.
might have rcaped Here were open
lngs 10y Our enterprise and ON CON.
morce, salvation ior our shipping our
soaports aud river ports Our inllu-
enc, and our language would have
extended In all directions We sever.
ed all these tics. and instead OF yiviiN-
ing the new world with French blood.
we wat red the battlefield. of Europe
with h.
Under h. head OF losses let me
confnc myself 10 quoting The com
parativsiy optimistic estimate given
by Napoleon hinseli Recording 10
raine. Napoleon said angrilS 10 Met
ternich, IN the course OF their eight.
hour interview at Dresden on June
-, 1919. What do YOU want OF me-
DO you expect me 20 dishonor my
self? Metternich was bold enough
TO reply | have seen your soldiers
they are mere children What will
yOu do when YOUR army of yonths
has gone? Napoleon replied hotly
You are nor soldier aud YOU do
NO; know what passes IN q soldiers
mind have grown mp on tho battle.
field. and man like am does not
care ----- FOR the lives Of million
men
ON another occasion Napoleon
remarked TO VI de Narbonuc accord
ing TO the Due a, Broglic. quoted 10y
Tainel After all the Russian cam.
paign only cost ne 500. 900 men, and
great many OF them were Ger
mans
His imperial chimera dcvourod a
great many more than his adds
Tainc From 1894 To 1915 the mum.
ben of killed amounted To more tQan
| .1oo.oo0 Frenchmcn born In Frahce
itself To which We can probably add
1000, uoo men from out side it, bounda.
ries. killed while fighting for him as
allies Or against him ~ enemies