The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1916-08-10
RESUME OF THE TWO
YEARS OF THE WAR
The Associated Press Figures
Up the Results.

British, denying greater losses, point
to the fact that they still control the
seas as the basis Of their right to the
title of yictors. London also claims
that since the battle 200 British ships
which had been tied up IN the Baltic
ports since the beginning OF the war,
have been able to make their way to
English ports unmolested by German
warships.
One other event on the sea aroused
intense interest. On June Field
Marshal Earl Kitchener, Great Brit
tains famous minister of war, was
drowned with his staff off the Ork-
neys when the cruiser Hampshire
went down. It was at first thought
the cruiser had been the victim OF a
submarine, but this theory was gen
orally discarded when it was learned
that the warship had struck mine
and gone down in the midst of ter
rifle storm.
memorable one as far as the United
States was concerned 1t marked the
apparent final passing OF the crisis
between this country and Germany
over the submarine warfare which
threatened more than once rupture
Of relations and even war
Another cause of friction between
the United States and the central
powers was also removed during the
| year Since the outbreak Of the war
certain propagandists had been busy
inst.gating strikes in munition fac
tories which had contracts with the
allies and in endeavoring in other
ways to interfere with this trade. For
his activity in this respect the recall
of Dr. Constantin Dumba, Austrian
ambassador, was requested by Presi-
dent Wilson in September. The fol
lowing December, for similar reasons
the president requested the recall o.
: Captain Boyd and Captain vor
Papen, naval and military attaches
respectively to the German embassy
A number of convictions were obtain
ed in the criminal courts in othe
} cases and the propaganda ceased.
s Apart from events in the actua
e war theaters the most striking even
). of the year in connection with tn
+ conflict was an uprising in Irelan
e in April The outbreak was organil
]. ed by a society known as the Sin
= Fen, committed to the principle of a
y independent Ireland. Bloody fight
ing took place in Dublin in whic
hundreds of lives we're lost and tn
+ heart of the business section destroy
$ cd. at cost OF many millions of do
lars The fighting was sporadic else
: where IN the Islands and of minor in
portance- The revolt was final
Y crushed and the ringleaders executed
d | It led, however. to an agitation whic
d resulted in tlc government prepal
c ing a temporary home rule bill whic
it expects to pass through parliamer
this fall.
Ell Just before the outbreak of the II
bellion Sir Roger Easement, formerl
: in the British consular service, wa
D arrested on the west coast of IreIan
e where he had attempted to land
cargo of arms sent from German.
e He was tried later for high treaso
e | md sentenced to death.
el No definite figures can be give
y Of the cost of the great war in bloc
h and gold but the most reliable EST
o mates present figures so vast TIL
d they become practically meaningless
ie In March, 1916. the United Stat
Ie general army staff estimated that Il
lie total losses in men to all the bellige
n ents since the war began we're 1:
N f033,0OO AS all the belligeren
III have ceased issuing casualty lists
ID public consumption the exact figur
IN FOR any country are unavailable
IN As to the money question figuI
Il are more reliable but still vag'
They present sums which are so
IS -ond anything previously known
2 International finance. so impossil
sf Of any human comparison that Il
es become little more than tumble
er figures. In March DR.. Karl Helf
he rich. secretary of the imperial tire
ut ury of Germany, estimated that
RI war was costing all the combata
" sS75 900 eco a week or eleven AM
al half billion dollars year. Will
e. Aichaelis, another German finant
nd expert. PIT the yearly cost at the Va
n OF sum of fifteen billions. and OF
he financial authorities gave even hi
&c er figures.
On July II Reginald McKenna.
ar British chancellor of the exchequ
he stated in the house of commons I
u5 he expenditures for Great Brit
ne ,lone were 100000 daily. He
IN not say. however. how much of
he Incredible sum represented war