The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-02
EUROPEAN NEWS AND VIEWS

London, Dec. 1.-lBy Union Asso-
ciated Press)-The horrors Of war
will be forgotten today at the race
course for the National Hunt Asso-
citation opens the steeple chase Sea-
son at Windsor, which will include
eighteen meetings and ~thirty-six days
Of racing. Horse racing, both on the
fiat and over the jumps. has suffered
severely through conditions brought
about by the war. but as the result
Of the last blood sales at New Market
the immediate future il more prom
Using and . big letup in the restric-
lions is expected to be granted by the
Government. Although several of
the expensive lots were bought by
Americans and others for exporta-
ton, more than 100000 wal invested
in the purchase Of yearlings by Eng
lish owners, men capable Of exercis-
ing . well-balanced and, above all, q
well-informed opinion as to the prob
able course Of events.
A new census Of the population Of
the German Empire begins today,
according to the Cologne Gazette. The
last one was taken in 1910, but is is
regarded now IS insufficient, for the
regulation Of economic conditions
within the empire, particularly for
food distribution.
II the war lasts another year the
inevitable result will be that taxes
in Italy will have to be doubled and
half Of every mans income on prop
erty will have to be contributed to
the State.
Before the war Italy's budget am
ounted to $500, 600, 900, out Of which
one fifth was paid in, interest on the
national debt, then amounting to
about $2,8oO,o00,O00. At the very
least $4,000, 0o0, 900 will be added to
the debt after the war, which will
thus amount to $780, 00, 900, with
a yearly interest Of $250,OOo,OOO.
The yield Of taxation will, conse
quently, have to be increased by $780,
100000, but It is estimated that war
pensions to crippled soldiers and to
the families Of those killed in war
and the rebuilding Of the towns and
villages destroyed will still increase
expenditures $75,0O0,000 a year.
The Danish Greenland Society,
which includes the prominent Danish
Arctic explorers, intends to launch a
plan for the colonization Of uninhabi-
ted East Greenland. West Greenland
will soon be overpopulated,. Danish
North Greenland already is well peo-
pied, while in East Greenland the con-
ditions are considered good for sup
porting q larger population Of Eski-
mos.
Denmark previously has only had
nominal possession Of the country and
other nations will hardly recognize
her supremacy until . Danish sta
ton has been established, the Danish
flag raised and Danish inhabitants
settled.
The demand for female labor is on
stantly on the increase, according to
reports from French agencies that
supply help. This increased demand
is accomplished by increased demands
for pay on the part Of the women.
The greatest demand for unskilled
female labor has come from the lea
Their and metal trades that already
employ thousands if not hundreds of
thousands Of mel whose presence in
the army is more desired.
Corresponding to the increased de-
mand for women in the trades, there
has been a falling of the demand for
domestic servants, indicating an in
creasing simplicity in living stand
ards.
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