Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-16

Dean Rogers Of the Cincinnati law
school says war ~ nm expensive
curse Figures are daily coming TO
hand which show in sums beyond
the comprehension Of the human
mind what curse war really Is. Its
burdens fall on every quarter Of the
globe, 40 interreiaied is human soci-
ETY.. Earthquakes and tidal waves,
fires and plaques. pale into insignifi-
canoe beside the material waste pro-
duced by war.
Yet Niotzsche, the philosopher
most read By the Germans. says
1T Is mere Illusion and pretty SEN
tlment 20 expect much teven any
thing at ALI from mankind II II for
gets how 10 make war As yet no
means are known which cnll 80 much
into action, as a great war, that rough
energy born Of the camp. that deep
impersonallty born of hatred. that
conscience born Of murder and cold
bloodedness. that fervor born OF Of
fort In the humiliation Of the enemy,
that proud Indifference 10 loss, to
ones own existence, TO that of ones
fellows. TO that earthquake-llke soul
shaking which n people needs when
II IL losing IT'S vitality"
The exploits OF the German cruiser
Emden were only an insignificant In
cIdent Of the war, yet the end OF the
Emden brought out the fact that
raids by this one ship sent down car
goes and bottoms worth over ten mil
lion dollars. But in this estimate was
not included damage 70 trade In the
Indian and Pacific oceans. A dispatch
from bombay told OF the almost
complete arrangement Of shipping to
and from India and how It had ef-
fected English less than Indian in
dustrles.
The newest Of French forts. which
lasted but day before the huge
aelge gums Of the Germans Manon-
viller. cost the French ten million
dollars. We toss about these figures
running into the tens Of millions Of
dollars IN single item. as If we
knew what they signifIed. We speak
OF the proposed new war loan in
Great Britain. OF more than a billion
dollars to be wasted In war. much as
We speak of Tho twenty-five or thirty
thousand dollars yet TO be raised to
insure the Albuquerque \. NJ. G. A. |
What the production Of tens Of mil
lions and billions mean in human
toll OF muscle and brain is beyond
our grasp.
lint coming back TO the greatest |
and the newest OF the French forts, |
constructed at a cost of more than ten !
million dollars, it is Interesting TO
know that 1t was smashed TO pieces |
by Just one hundred and forty-seven
shots from two Of the guns known |
As the "krupp surprise" The British
Audacous. built |
and equipped al an expense Of about
fifteen million dollars, hit mine or
was struck by devilish little torpedo
from submarine or had an ammu-
nition explosion on board something
happened 70 It and in a few moments
i was az the bottom Of the sea, rep
.esenting waste Of labor that would
nave run the American Lumber com
pany's payroll for about twenty
years.
II Is awise saying that war produces
nothing and consumes everything
War means that the generations OF
omorrow must begin with the pow
,rtS that their grandfathers and
heir fathers had struggled to over
'ome. Sir Edward Grey says 1t makes
10 difference which side wins. Il
makes bankrupt Europe. And yet
hose very nations are Boosting of
low long they can Keep up the fight.
The trouble with The nations of
europe today is that for a half CEN
ury they have been talking peace
nd thinking war, "A