Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-29
TUESDAY -,e.,..J JUNE %. ioi
TnE NRCnDuKE's MURDER.

one year ago yesterday. tho Aus
trlan archduke. Francis Ferdinand,
ana his norganatic wife were muir
dcrcd al serulevo. Austria alleged that
the plot for the murder was Matched
In Serbia and WIS part Of n plan to
force The return Of Bosnia and Here
govnia "a their former serbian alleg-
lance.
Austria. IN the last days Of July,
made demands upon serbia which no
self-respecting nation could grant
however weak IT might be. However.
under pressure from Russia, France
Great Britain and italy the serblans
granted every demand OF the Dual
Monarchy except one--that an Aus
trian commission should participate in
the trial Of certain Serbian officers
accused of completely In the consplr-
ncy against the life Of the archdukc
over the protests of all the other
great powers except Germany Aus
trla declared war on Serbia
Russia ordered q general mobilza-
ton, and Germany. as the ally of Aus
trla, declared war on Russia, but in
yadcd France az her first military ops
Grafton when the German army vio-
lated the neutrality Of Belgium, Great
Britain declared war on the kaiser
The next development In the war
game was the declaration Of war on
Germany by Japan. soon thereafter
Turkey began war on Russia, and the
latest accession to the ranks OF the
helligerent nations came with ltaly's
declaration Of war against Austria.
Thus az result of the murder of
Archduko Francis Ferdinand by a
boy who was sentenced by the Aus
trian court TO Imprisonment for
twenty years there are now lighting
each other with all the resources
within their power Germany, Aus
irla and Turkey on the one side, aud
Great Britain. France, Russia, Bel
gium, Serbia. Montenegro and Italy
on the other with Japan still cons
structively at war with Germany and
Austrin though Jap activities ceased
when the Teutons were expelled from
Asia
Thus, ten nations are fighting ac-
lively and one is at war passiyoly
Also Portugal, as the ally Of Great
Britain, has been operating against
The Germans in Africa.
But quite as astounding as the
number Of nations at war is the al
most insignificant territorial proper
ton Of 1t that is actually at peace.
South America IS not involved. except
the significant colonies. lying on the
Atlantic coast between Venezuela ana
Rragil, belonging to Greut Britain and
France. But in North America, the
DomiHion OF Canada Is larger, terri
torially, than the United states.
All OF Africa Is in the war except
Abyssinia and Liberia. Practically all
Of Asia, except China and the Philip
pines ana an Of Oceania, including the
continental island Of Australia, except
few American-owncd and Dutch
Islands. is affected.
IL Is now estimated that 81. 600 0O0
men are actually nder arms. nearly
all Of them somewhere ON the Fight
ing lines.
The cost Of war in life and money
battles Imagination.
Instead Of measuring the money
outlay in hundreds of millions. the
talk always Is Of billions Of dollars.
Also, what appears 70 be actually a
conservative estimate places the
number OF actually killed on all bat
uefelds at 100000. and the number
OF wounded at 5000 o00
The war was bound to come. soon
er or later Germany was in Shining
armor' equipped during forty-four
years Of constantly growing war talk
and carefully fomeuted war senti-
ment,
How long the war win last, none
can foresce. The triumph Of the Aus
tro-Germans is not seriously slgnifi-
cent except that il tends to put fur
Their back possible peace. Tho Rus
slams have been defeated in all wars
except with the Turks, but they never
have yielded any Important point ex-
cept TO the Japs to whom Port Ar
thur was lost
IL now appears certain that the
war will last through another winter