Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-08-03
THIRD YEAR OF WAR
Estimated More Than Thirteen Mil
lion Represent Total Causu.
atty List.

closes with the Battle of Europe" n
concerted effort of the Allies on three
fronts to crush the Central Powers,
which has developed into titanic
struggle before which superlatives, al
ready exhausted, are completely beg
CARED
No definite figures can be given Of
the cost of the great war in blood
and gold but the most reliable estimate
present figures so vast that they be-
come practically meaningless In
March, 1916, the United States Gencr-
al Army Staff estimated that the total
losses in men to all the bclligercnts
since the war began we're 1903 900.
OF this number France was debited
with 100000 dead. Germany $4,000
dead, Russia 1000 900 dead On June
British government estimate of Ger
man casualties, stated to have been
compiled from official German casualty
lists gave the total of 3,Ol2.637. AS
all the beligercnts have ceased issuing
casualty lists for public consumption
the exact figures for any country are
unavailable.
Cost Figures Reliable
I AS to the money question figures
fare more reliable but still vague They
present sums which are so beyond any
thing previously known to information
al finances, so impossible of any hu-
man comparison that they become lit
tie more than tumble of figures. In
March DR.. Karl Helferrich, Secretary
Of the Imperial Treasury Of Germany,
estimated that the war was costing all
the combatants $875,OOO,OOO week, or
eleven and half billion dollars year.
William Michaclis, another German
financial expert, put the yearly cost at
the vaster sum of fifteen billions and
other financial authorities gave higher
! figures.
Peace Rumors
On July 18th Reginald McKenna,
Br tish Chancellor of the Exchequor,
stated in the House of Commons that
the expenditures for Great Britain
alone were 100000 900 daily. He did
not say however, how much of this
incredible sum represented war cx-
Ipense
| Within the last few months there
has been some talk of peace in Ger
many and considerable peace activity
by unofficial bodies in various coun-
tries, but there has been little indica
tion that the chancclleres of Europe
are at present seriously considering q
close of hostilities.
France and Great Britain in the
west, Russia in the east, Italy in the
south are hurting waves of armed mer
on the Teutonic lines, together with
an avalanche of shells and bombs sucf
as the world has not known up to the
present time. For the first time the
Teutons are, temporarily at least, or
the defensive on the thousands O,
miles Of the existing battle fronts.
| The change in the situation whicI
the year has brought is striking, al
though. the results so far have beef
more potential and spectacular thai
radical A year ago the Germans con
tlnuing their great drive against tn
Russians, hurled the Slaves back alonI
the entire eastern front, captured War
saw, the great fortresses of Kovno
Novo, 'Georgeievsk and Erest- -Litovsl
and established lines far inside Russi,
territory which they maintained virtu
ally unbroken until within the las
three months. They seized all Pc
land, great slice of Russia to tn,
south of that country and expelled tn
invaders from Galicia and Bukowina
Field Marshals Won Hindenburg an,
Won Mackenscn were the heroes O
these great successes.
Changes Small
On the western front the change
in position during the year were com
paratively small, but the twelv
months were marked by three event
of interest: The battle of Champaign
and Verdun and the opening of tn
} great Franco British offense on tn
Somme took place in this period.