El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-15
BALKAN WAR;
DEATH LIST
ENORMOUS
In the Earlier Battles More
Than 100000 Had Been
Killed on Both Sides.
HUNDREDS OF LARGE
TOWNS DESTROYED

ONDON, ENG. Feb. 15-With
what is believed to be the heaviest
- fighting Of the Balkan war al
ready recorded. European statisticians
have been busily engaged IN trying to
figure the loss in life and money en-
tailed by che campaign up to the pres.
ent day.
Their efforts have brought them face
to face with the fact that reliable in
formation upon which to base their
figures cannot be had. owing to the
garbled news reports received during
the conflict and TO the strict censor
snip maintained BY allies and TulZs
alike.
During the international conferences
between the ENJOYS Of the rival fight
ing forces here, however. enough facts
were CLEANED to warrant the assertion
that the present conflict has been one
Of the most bloody and costly in the
history OF modern warfare.
Losses In Earlier Battles.
Conservative estimates have placed
the number Of dead in the larger bat-5
ties OF the early campaign as foI-s
lows;
Kirk KiIisseh and Adj
rianople ..------- $4,000 1000
LuIe Burgas ---.-.--.. 10000 $4,000
At AumanOTa-- 1000 5000
Around Scutari 1900. 1000 5000
Total 16, 900 43.C0G
These figures, however, are regarded
as conservative and only cover thes
important battles Of the campaign be-s
fore the truce was called In adds
ton to them 1t Is estimated that over
$4,000 more Turkish soldiers Derisheis
as a result of minor engagsments
and cholera, which raTaged the Otto
man ranks on the retreat to COnstan--
ttnOple- Thirty thousand men are also
said TO have been lost BY the allies
through the same causes This brings.
the estimated Turkish lots up to 1861
600 men and the estimated loss TO
the fighting forces Of the allies up
TO $4,000, total loss Of 199, 900 men,
which may be said to induce the thou
sands who fell victims to wounds,
sickness, sudden death on the field or
were listed as missing
These figures, Of course like al
others that have been compiled are
based only on conjecture and are be-
ueFed by many experts TO be too con-
servative- The actual losses OF he
campaign VIII not be known probably
for years after peace has been re-
stored
The monetary loss is incalcuabie.
ASIDE rom the vast amount OF money
TO carry on the actual opera
tons in the field, there is the de-
structiOn Of property, the injury to
commerce and personal liabilities to
figure
Many Towns wrecked
Hundreds Of towns and villages have
been devastated during the struggle
Great cities have been damaged BY fire
and pestilence- Private property has
been ravaged and the resources Of the
governments involved have been al
most exhausted
Newspaper reports, upon which the
srat1suclan must rely for the mOSt
part IN estimating the monetary loss
IN the Balkans, have failed TO com
nent extensively on this side Of the
problem It is significant, however,
that the indemnity asked by the Bali
kan ENJOYS at the recent conferences
With the Turks ran into the hundred
Millions A guess as to the probable
cost OF the conflict would make thss
-otal amount run far into billions Of
iOllars OF American money
But the conflict between the allies
Ind the Turks are puny beside thsl
possibilities Of general European4
var which it involved One AFTER an
lther great European nations Interests
d in getting a foOth0ld in southeast-i
IN Europe or IN preventing othsr4
european nations from attaining this
oothold were swept with Tumors %
var which upset the markets caused
he peasants to Withdraw their saw
ngs and tOtaled the loss OF uainiOrEs
through the shrinkage OF securities
Should such a conflict have beeuS
lrecipitated between Pan GerInanish1
nd Pan-SlaTism a danger that Is ever
reTalent-the greatest clash OF an
history would have been recorded foe5
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