Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-06-04
Correspondent Investigates "War
Babies" and Finds Moral Men
Are Applauding Their Coming

IL you will allow me a little frank
speaking on this subject, l know
certain clement of men not uncon-
nected with public affairs that in spite
of the moralists and the bound
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
Pandarus has come about in another
way. 1t is not conventional. IL il
shocking to the national ideal which
" Mrs. Grundy; but the Children will
re born. nevertheless. and that is the
great thing In the minds OF These men.
For 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
bluntness upon these statesmen is
whether. when this war madness shall
subside. there may be left enough
able-bodied men to carry on the bust-
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 /, in:
, GLIDING all the lighting areas from
South Africa to the Hebrides. was
more than 100000 men.
or these more than 100000 had been
Killed. France alone nourns 100000 OF
!! Fer sons slain on the battle li1a.
More than 100000. This IS ut tho
rate Of about 1900 a month in killed.
II the war shall continue until the
end OF the year, us the cooler prophets
agree 1t will. lad the present rate Of
slaughter shall continue, the Geath l;srs
by that time viii, amount 70 about
100000.
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 :imbs.
Thousands will have been blinded anil
tens OF thousands rendered insane
We may believe then that in round
numbers by January l, 1916, 1900 900
will have been blotted by death or dis
abllng from the productive forces Of
Europe.
States Necessity Above the Mora,
Code
1t Is Tor these reasons that the bros.
pect today in Great Britain ia re.
garded as menacing. 1t is for these
reasons that respectable citizen. NOT
before accused OF lax principles. is
moved 10 distribute a circular Defend
ing. on the ground of the necessities
Of the state. the moral obiquity that
the strictcr part of the nation is NOW
condemning.
The men swept down in this mael-
strom of blood are the strongest and
best that Europe produces. The cffe..
ct their loss upon INDUSTRY and COM
merce no man can guess. l have tall;-
&c with economists and sOciologists
and none prctcnds to have reached a
conclusion. An immense number of
! widows and other dependents Will be
lett; there will be fewer workers 10
support them. Literally thousands. of
towns. villages and hamlets have Keen
obliterated. Ii many of these are 10 he
! rebuilt. the demand for labor wifi lie
Tor time considerable. But wSy re-
tuild towns for IL vanished u..p.:ll-
| ton?
1t is no wonder thar most econom-
lists foresee Il huge migration to the
| Americas while whole tracts of Europe
| are left tor u, generation to be nothing
but oldering walls and desolate plains.
| Under these conditions, as you will
| no doubt agree. the statesmen that are
prepared to overlook the ordinary
standards. even standards as IRON
bound as the British, are not without
! q shadow of excuse.
Chaos having come again., the con-
venttons smash down with the rest.