Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-08-26
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* WAR SIDELIGHTS. :
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. New York.-Of particular interest a
this time are the records of killed anC
: wounded in the recent European wan
-" little squabbles in the Balkans.
they are sometimes described. Profes
sor Octave Laurent has summed uI
these losses of human life in the az
count Of his II months experience as
a surgeon with the Bulgarian trOops,
which has Just been published in Paris,
lie writes for his surgical colleagues,
not to produce sensation.
Bulgaria, with 100000 inhabitants,
put 100000 soldiers in field. OF these
o3,OOO were wounded and 5000 killel
in tne first war and 10000 killed ami
| o2,OO wounded in the second. Alto
gether 100000 wounded and killed -
one-third of the effective force of tine
army and per cent or the population.
There was one death out of every -four.
injured, a very high figure.
In the last Balkan war 100000 mea
ON both sides were killed or wounded on
the field in single month. Eighty
thousand of these fell on the banks o,
tne Bregnalitza in the six days from
June 80 to July 5, 1918.
Professor Laurent quotes an author.
itative prophecy to the effect that a
zero added to these figures would give
the losses in European war which
would line up two armies of the great
powers. There would be not less than
l,oOO,OO0 wounded and killed in
month, once the forces were fully in the
Held. The figures may be an exagger..
ton, but they come approved by pro-
iessionai expert who has just mad tho
latest possible experience.
And in the last days there shall be |
wars and rumors of war; -
chicago Tribune: Recent German es
Inmates Of the cost of fighting wear s
,ampaign with only 100000 men place
ihe minimum at about seven millions of
marks, or very roughly 81 200, 600. 900.
lhe French General Won Andred place,
ne cost of French mobilization al
'bout slOO,O00,000, or say about s 200.
100000 for the year.
Of course, these sums cover only IN,
Ilreet expense OF the military but tba
lnances Of war must also meet the cor.
ltlohs created by panies, the partial
analysis of business and the partial or
omPlete stoppage of imports and OK. :
erts.
The Ffaneo-Prussian war cost Ger
lany directly about $685., ,75O, 900. But
ne gained Alsace-Lorraine, valued at
520,0oO,OOO, and a war indemnity q;
l,O6o,O0O,OO0. So her net gain was
early Sl,000,000,O00.
Inc loss Of France has been esti-
'ated at $3,6OO,000, ,O00-a tidy total ro
,ii up in nine months. Yet two years.
Iter, in 1873, two wears before the
me gwen her to pay the indemnity.
he great French people anticipated the
iyment by popular loan of $40 0O0.-
", oVersubseribed more than 10 timas'
Ihe present disaster is likely. how.
.ef, 10 be more destructive and pros :,
aung, War is more costly taan II
as IN 1870, in money if not in life, and n
hen the present insanity is passed the
ople viii have to carry a heavy bm.
n of taxation for long time.
ureat Britain S control of the seas
not only of unreasonable benefit 81
her and her allies in insuring safety
food supplies, but it ieopardizes Ger pl
rid. o,
according to esbled reports, the first
these to fall is Togoland, West Arr
Wnieh was invaded by an Ensli1hI
zee from the Gold, Coast and French sa
&c from Dahomey. With tae tak;ny an
= 81 lnls colony by her enemies Get ST
ny loses one of her most valuabl. fl,
reless stations. n,
lerman West Africa is menaced wi, m,
asE from the Union of South Afrie ttb,
oig British neighbor. German East
,iea ,,a Is surrounded by colonies of ma llv
mes British at the north. BelciaaI r.
.l ,ne west and Portuguese at ths NJ,
'ermany cannot nope long 10 retain
'o'cuau' her China leashola. since MI
'an MAKES common cause with bar
IN the far east.
'i.h the exception of Kaiser WI. ,
u iand, III New Guinea, Germany.
y possessions in the east are small .s' Ia'
nus or groups of islands. The more 'al
'ortant of these are Savaii and Tln. m smru
OF 'he samoan group. There il ! o.h va
.h nan wireless station at Apia an / ~ ~
.her at Nauru, or Pleasant islam ! ha. ne
'. ,ee Marshall group, northeast Of Oas
eff
.ew York World: Our German .s o1a
nds @ who complain that the war news ooH
me American newspaper is. colorsl
tauit with conditions for which -, :
e is no remedy. you
~ uy''nan newspapers here have
'fint the same news that the Amer.
newspapers print. There Is NO
: news All of us have 10 rely
'ne news resources that are anon
~ greSt American newspaper is ezm
iing all its energies to obtain ~,
REGARDLESS of nationalities. anJItY
s = Ihe pest that anybody can do