The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-08-28
Loss in Human Life May Be Near
ly 100000 Men and Destruc-
ton Of Property and Other
Forms Of Wealth Will Aggre-
gate Many Billions of Dollars.
Alexander Wcnyon Samuel. In Now
York World)

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The SIX Powers War. as history will
call It. will prove by far the costl:cst
, as we'll as the bloodiest in all time.
For todav the engines OF war. alike
I'm their pric" and dcstr,lrtibilitv cnt :
range To an Incredible degree any TINT
li;iv" ever been employed previously.
, Gums th:i have an accurate range of
ncar,y 10 mics. srclls that can lit
more tl:lr 10 con times their own
weight hcmb-1ropnng acr0planca
'h"- can !,ovor directly ovnr fortifica-
..nnG ir.N-crrahlc to direct attack.
enbmari' n; that may prove more
dc"dlv "yr" than anpc-drcadna,irht.; :;
and I'll i"os" controlled by powers ag-
rr"catir" ir DOnulatfon more than
800 nhO.oln nHnn'n whose sinews Of
wealth rrn IN billions almost beyond
""mnIta''nr. there indeed is tho world
climax. III" stage set for the vast M.
sr"-t &c ,lnath
Th" "a v''ll be on land and sea
~" u = cutie conceivable that tho
Tf'n'c Fnt"nt" NAV secure victory Mt
con :" u" ''~--ivcd of it's fruits by dis
ns,cr or lend.
Ard th" d'fficrltv 81 ~akir~ arv
o-''m"tc # tho probabilities of sue
cn?s lies in til" fact TINT both on land
"nh sea there will he cmnloved ,nctrr-
mCnts Of war that never before have
her~ triod
Ecw Mode Of Warfare Puzzles.
Nh ono tnda~ ren'i'- knows how a
rnperdreodnomght Will stand ND to
'--"oii''"s ar resist the dronping
chc''" nf tho "'atc~n1nnr "Nr..1I oir
craft" is n now and seemingly con-
fradf"tOry term hut It vii, ennn hp n
familiar nne And there will be dem
onairntcd both tho cnnaritv IF tho
"r""d"nnrht and also the dreadn0nght
r"nncft, IN re-ist the moenuitoIiko Mt.
f"r's cf waterplnno or eeonIann
Fh"r" is nothing In nava, history to
rn'de IN nrognnsiication. All that hnn.
nN"s will he unite new aud make the
whole history Of sea and land fighting
engines Of war Is so rreat that tho
obsolete and useless. placing its vol
urnno among romance.
The destrnctiveness OF the present
een H"htiro could not be prolonged
through what nt the time of tho Ar
""dn were called Ispacious days"
Rnt In view 'nf tha af~argti, in nohnIa-
ton and resources Of the continent of
Furope. the land fighting might con-
Time for very lonr time and, most
rnradoyirai of NIL. might result in
ctssN 1,ic.-c"'a stalema.e Rnt II nnn nf
fh" great fr'nmvirate should nnnear to
win n decided victory It would he nj q
cost similar In that Of man who. to
sav" hts life. submits to an operation
and loses his legs. For It will be n
lamed, and manned Europe that will
present itself AGAIN upon the worlds
cnmm"r"'nl rioh~'nvN' aftA~ tha war
I-nmed financially and MANNED phys
ically. the Europe OF IL months from
now will have to be remoDped and re.
made. Not the lenst probable result
would be the. overthrow OF many
thrones and the establishment of re-
puh'icanism.
The Common .Pe0nlc Blamed.
Let us roughly calculate the prob
able cost OF war in terms of cash. It
would be futile to attempt to calcm-
late the costs of the war IN men. It
must he calculated in cash Life is al
ways 10 war-crafty statesman the
cheanast and most abundant sbstance
In which he deals. Human life Ia not
to him s.entiraly an asset: he sees q
wav Of security for his order Of things
In the slaughter OF. tens OF thousands
Of the proletarlat. and an antidote to
tho poison OF socialism.
Vet the common people arc not
quite free from blame. They either
cap,nt or will not think. and. readily
themselves to the idea OF war.
bscomc quick and tragic tools They
submit to be driven ,on, to the field OF
hattie like dumb. sheep. pathetfcally
believing that they are serving their
coun.fv when they are the dupes of /
inap who have themselves .heen duned |
tv q. .helief IN q feudal authority alleni
to the modern spirit. But they will |
have to be considered after the poison
and fever Of war have run their !,
and tho mind rs been cleart j,
ip ,thC waters. of sorr,,w and romor- |
row Enough for the crescent to try
and calculate Inn stakes for which
tac rulers are. plny;pg4 In terms oil
cush nnd not tni2Iocd ands tears. II
War Woplds Cost Billions 4 ss,a6
. In the South African War Great
Britain put ESQ. 900 men into the fleld.
That was the lergest number she hadi
operating at any given time, althourhl
She used altoEethers nearly 100000 |
Fhe cost of that campaign, which was
on land only.swas $50, 5000 pounds, 3
or l,2k0. 100000. That works out at /
about $5.0oo.ooo per. l 900 mon. In thes
Six-Power War, TO which Japan
- he added. probably Roumanis,
...: s..:..s q. AZ add 100000 man. and i
Groecas Mho has already offered s10o,-