The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-04-18
HOW PEOPLES ARE ALIGNED.
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The recent addition of the United States and
the expected alignment of Brazil, together with
the probable action of other South and Central
American governments, makes it interesting to
consider the circumstances under which. the Cen
trail Alliance, composed eff Germany, Austria, Bull
garia and Turkey, are fighting their battles.
The total wealth Of ~oursfour centralized king
doms of Europe is estimated at S1O8, 600, 900, 900.
Against them without the United States IS wealth
valued at S297, 500, 600, 900 and with America, at
s547, 600, 600, 900. Neutral nations possess a total
wealth valued at only S42,4 AGO. 600, 900. The forces
against these four empires represent 78.45 per
cent. of the entire wealth Of the world.
In the matter of territory the figures are prac-
'tically the same, with the reservation that the
United States holds no such tremendous portion
of the land of the nations against the empires.
Germany and her allies occupy $3.50, 082 square
miles, while their enemies possess 40, 123, $50
square miles, including the . $4,000 square miles
of the United States. Neutral nations hold 9,74O,-
865 square miles of territor- The forces against
the four empires represent .5.95 per cent. of the
total land surface of the 81 De.
When it comes to the Question of men and
forces arrayed in enmity t the kingdoms total
in population 1,414,147 900 .yhile the kingdoms
possess 1854, OOO, 900 people. While the percentage
of the populations engaged egairst Germany and
her allies is 80.72 per cent, t must be recognized
that China with 400, coo, 0OC the colonies of Great
Britain, France and the peoples of Japan and her
colonies, totalling nearly 1000, 900, 900, are not ac-
lively engaged in furnishing men for the BATTLE
front, and that the 1874, 900, 900 people of the Unit
ed States and Brazil are not putting any force upon
the battlefront. This leaves, actively engaged
against the empires, about 4O0,00O,OCO and the
other nations, still neutral, have a population of
173, 553, 900
4he situation then, is this, that as TEeo. H.
Price points out, over 8O.72 per cent. worlds pop
~ulation controlling 7S.45 per cent. of it's wealth
and occupying 1886 per cent. of it's territory is
now arrayed against the autocratic empires of
Germany, AUSTRIA, Bulgaria, and Turkey. While
the maximum %eXertion of the vast horde against
them has not yet been tried, the figures given
above show conclusively where victory must perch
in the end.
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BILLY SUNDAYS NEW YORK CAMPAIGN.
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The nation will watch with interest the cam
paign of Billy Sunday in New York. The expo
nent of "old time religion" as he terms himself,
has tackled the metropolis, graveyard of preach
ers,' only after long elaboration. It is taken for
granted that the forces that oppose Billy will con-
centrate in a united attack upon him in the modern
Sodom, in an attempt to discredit him with the
public and church people
Why the nations metropolis should be more
difficult for Sunday to handle than other cities
is, upon analysis, difficult to understand. New
Workers of themselves as more cynical and world
wise than the remainder of the country but, after
all, that is merely a pose, and it is the stock in
trade merely of the professional restaurant idlers
and the amateur Broadway loafers.
The "dear peepul' in New York City are like
the "dear peepul' elsewhere, swayed by the same
emotions, appealed to by the same logic.
We forecast the most brilliant campaign in the
history of Billy Sunday evangelism in New York.
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WAR AND JOURNALISM.
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Nothing is unaffected by the great war. Jour
inalism, among other things, seems to have been
transformed.
According to one editor, "the day of pantaletta
!, journalism, fringed with dainty pink lace, is pass
ing"
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Editor j. L. Gillespie, of the Greenwood Daily
Commonwealth, got out last Friday an Extra
giving the people of Greenwood and his vicinity
the first news Of war being declared, beating the
daily papers of Memphis and New Orleans. Mr.
Gillespie is getting out a good paper and the peo'
'ole of Greenwood are to be congratulated on giving
him such loyal support-Grenada Sentinel, 18th
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Public sentiment O. KID the Senate's placing
an emergency fund Of $100,000,00o at Wilson's
disposal, and is watching members of the House
who are trying to hold it up.
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Somebody's discretion has to be trusted, in
many kinds of war expenditures, and, thank God
we never had "a President whose could not be.