Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-06-25

II you will allow me a little frank
speaking on this subject, l know a
certain element of men not uncon.
nected with public affairs that in spite
OF the moralists and the iron-boupd
code. view this fact with boundless
content; and good and respectable
men at that. What they had hoped for
from the hasty marriage. the hedge
priests and the official playing Of Sir
Fandarus has come about in another
way. 1t 10 not conventional, u in
shocking to the national ideal which
~ Mrs. Grundy: but the children will
&c born. nevertheless, and thut is the
great thing in the minds of these men.
forS however revolving all these
Things may be and however sordid and
shameful, there is not a thinking
statesman in Europe but is weighed
down by the appalling prospect of de-
populated and ruined countries that
plainly opens before US.
The question thrust with primitive
oluntness upon these statesmen ia
whether. when this war madness shall
subside, there may be left enough
abie-bodted men to carry on the bus,-
ness Of the nations.
What are the losses SO far?
over Seven Hundred Thousand Dead!
In the opinion Of the best judges
the total losses in killed, wounded and
missing, ON all sides up to May 1. in
Guiding all the lighting areas from
south Africa to the Hebrides, was
more than 100000 men.
or these more than 10000 had been
killed. France alone mourns 500, 900 of
Fer sons slain on the battle lie.
More than 100000. This IL ut tho
r"te Of about 1900 a month in killed.
Ii the war shall continue until the
end OF the year, as the cooler prophets
agree 1t will. 1iEa the present rate Of
slaughter shall coatinue. the Geath ljs,s
ny mat time vii, amount 70 about
l,200, 200.
Probably 100000 others will have
been so crippled or disabled they will
henceforth have little or no part in
productive industry.
1t is not only amputated limbs.
Thousands will have been blinded and
tens Of thousands rendered insane
We may believe then that in round
numbers by January /, 1916. 1900. 900
will have been blotted by death or dis
abling from the productive forces of
Europe. -
States Necessity Above the Moral
Code
1t is for these reasons that the pros
pect today in Great Britain. ia re-
garded as menacing. 1t is for these
reasons that respectable citizen, not
before accused of lax principles. ia
moved to distribute circular Defend
ing. on the ground Of the necessities
of the state. the moral obliquity that
the stricter part of the nation ia now
condemning.
The men swept down in this mael.
strom Of blood are the strongest and
best that Europe produces. The effect
cf their loss upon industry and COM
merce no man can guess. have talk.
ed with economists and socioloRi.ts
and none pretends to have reached a
conclusion. An immense number Of
widows and other DEFENDANTS will be
left: there will be fewer workers to
support them. Literally thousands Of
towns. villages and hamlets have been
obliterated. II many Of these arr. 10 be
rebuilt. the demand for labor will he
for time considerable. But why re-
tuild towns for a vanished p.p:la.
ton?
1t Is no wonder that most econom.
lists foresee huge migration to tho
Americas while whole tracts Of Europe
are left for generation to be nothing
but oldering walls and desolate plains.
Under these conditions. az you will
no doubt agree. the statesmen that are
prepared to overlook the ordinary
; standards. even STANDARDS 40 IRON
bound az the British, are not without
q shadow Of excuse.
Chaos having come again, the con.
ventions smash down with the rest