The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-07-07
STAGGERING ARE
THE WAR FIGURES
More Than 2,15O,OOO Have
Been Killed
IN THE EUROPEAN STRUGGLE
A Frightful Slaughter OF
Men At the Behest Of
Mad Kings.
A COMPARISON OF CEMETERIES

Under the sod of 800 acres of
Calvary Cemetery lie 100000 dead;
100000 more slumber in their
graves in the 500 acres of Green
woods shelter A total of 100000
in these two immense resting places
of weary mankind, who closed their
eyes in isolated cases of fatal ILL
ness. in accidents, or of old age. And
many decades rolled down the slopes
of time ere this vast number of
mounds was built over the remains
of frail humanity. For orderly and
slow is the procession from life to
death as decreed by the Almighty.
But there lie to-day in Russia, in
Galicia, in France, in Belgium and
in Flanders, the corpses of 2,150,-
600 men who died since the begin
ming of last August by the hand of
other men, ruthlessly slaughtered
in the bloom of life. They were
mostly strong, and happy, and glad
of the sunshine, and laboring in the
fields of peace. And then a few
mad kings dashed them against each
other, and so it happens that in the
1 1 months since the outbreak of the
war nearly twice as many have died
than were buried in scores of years
in Calvary and in Greenwood And
trails of hot tears lead from more
than 100000 homes in the cities
and the hamlets of the warning
countries to the blood-stained graves
on the battle fields.
This is but one sidelight on the
war to be cleaned from Red Cross
figures recently made public. They
give the total loss as S.S31,O00,
which, in addition to the dead allud-
ed to, includes 1871, 900 slightly
wounded; 100000 prisoners. And
it may be assumed that these figures
are far below the facts; for an Off
cial statement from Berlin, just OBJ
tanned, places the number of pris-
oners in the hands of the Germans
and Austrians alone at 100000.
However, for arguments sake. the
Red Cross statistics may we'll be ac-
cepted. Their most remarkable
feature conveys an excellent reason
for the ability of the Teutons ito
hold their own, for in killed and
wounded and prisoners, their losses
are far smaller than those of the
allies. Germany's and Austria's
dead number only $4,000, while
their enemies counted 1913, 900
lost lives-every 10 Germans hav-
ing killed Is of their enemies. Now,
If it is considered that Austrian
losses of BAL, 900 were incurred al
most entirely on the Russian bor-
der, where the Cars forces sacri-
feed 1873, 200; and that Germany's
contribution to the silent army of
$4,000 was made both in Russia
and in France, while in the latter
country and in Flanders alone the
British and French lost $4,000
men in death, il follows that the
military fury of the Germans seems
to have a far more fatal effect, man
against man and weapon against
weapon, than assaults of the allied
soldiers. Even more amazing pro-
portions are figured out in respect
to the wounded and the prisoners.
OF the former victims 1,35S.000 are
Germans and Austrians and 4.S7s.-
600 soldiers of the allies, each Ger
man wounded being Offset by three
wounded soldiers of the allies. And
In prisons. the Germans and Aus
trians lost 10000 and their oppo-
nents 1.34S.OOO.
These are staggering figures. They
explain much. They tell the story
of Germany's confidence in ultimate
success; of England's uneasy CROP
ing for a means to make more of
her young men obeying the call to
arms; OF Frances despair as she
views her future. and OF Russia's
helplessness. despite her immense
II Brooklyn Times.
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