The Detroit times., 1915-05-29
|NAMELESS
WAR BABIES"
WELCOMED
tCostinued from Psse One.J

familiar and somewhat jocular top
ic. To make army marriages easy
and common. handy clergymen haN'
been provided. charges reduced ami
formalities dispensed with.
Better get married before you
go. my boy" says the sergeant.
The separation allowance will take
care OF the wife. you know"
Sir Pandarus II new role for
government to play. but that has
been about the truth OF the case
here. Newly WEEDS are not hurried
to the front.
Observe then the nations predic-
ament. In thousands OF other cases
the ceremony has been omitted
This violates the austere law and
all cherished conventions. Out upon
the bold-faced jades. and all that.
Yes, but the fathers OF these chill
dren are the national heroes that
have rallied to the call OF the king.
and the rescue OF the empire. We
have Just been showering upon
them praise and glory. The law pro
vides stern retribution. Yes, but
you don't want to punish and dis
grace your defenders, you know
The very foundations OF morality
are attacked. Yes; but the brave.
gallant soldier. you know. and so on.
The FIRST painful shock OF discov-
mr.
morallsts now try 10 bring the IA
ton back 10 accustomed moorings
by denying the story and wildcat
ing the character of the volunteers
The accounts printed. they say.
about the prospective unmarrie1
mothers have been enormously ex
aggerated One report said that In
one street OF garrison city there
were 400 such cases. Investigation
showed that there were not 400.
think there were only 800. Conse
quently the whole agitation Is =
wash OF extravaganza"
Yet am privately assured by an
eminent publiclst who has been
looking into this matter. that rea
conditions have been understatsd
not exaggerated will not repeal
here the total OF his estimates be
cause u would seem sheer fantasy
but IL he is right. enough lllegiti
mate children will be born In Greai
Britain In the next few months &c
offset all the lives the country ha'
lost so far at least on the battle
field.
~ you will allow me a little franz
speaking on this subject, kno"
a certain element OF men not un
connected with pub c affairs that
In spite OF the moralists and the
| iron bound code. view thss fact witt
boundless content; and good anc
respectable men at that. What the,
had hoped for from the hasty mar
rage. the hedge priests and the OF
fetal playing OF Sir Pandarus. ha'
come about In another way. IL II
not conventional. II Is shocking u
the national ideal. which is Mrs
Grundy; but the children Will b'
4 born. nevertheless. and that Is tn
great thing In the minds OF thes'
men.
For however revolving all thes'
things may be, and however sordit
and shameful. there is not a think
| ing statesman in Europe but II
weighed down by the appalling
prospect OF depopulated and ruined
countries that plainly opens befor'
us.
The question thrust with primi
tive bluntness upon these states
men Is whether, when this war mad
ness shall subside. there may o'
left enough able bodied men TO car
nv on the business OF the nations.
What are the losses so far?
In the opinion OF the best judges
the total losses In killed, wounded
and missing. on all sides UP to Ma!
1. including all the fighting area
from South Africa 10 the Hebrides
was more than 100000 men.
or these more than 100000 ha'
been killed France alone mourn
800 600 OF her sons slain on the bat
tie line.
More than 100000, This Is at tn
rate OF about $1,000 a month II
killed.
II the war shall continue until tn
end OF the year as the cooie
ynophats generally agree 1t will, AM
the present rate OF slaughter shall
continue. the death lists by tina
time will amount 10 about 100000
Probably 100000 others vii
have been 90 crippled or DISABLED
they will henceforth have little o
no TART In productive industry.
II Ia not only amputated limbs
Thousands will have been blinded
and tens OF thousands rendered In
sane
We may believe then that II
round numbers by Jan. 7. 1916. 2
ZOO 900 will have been blotted b.
death or disabling from the produc
tive forces Of Europe.
| And take here no account o
those that will escape with unmaim