The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-01-29

thoughts turn 10 the dead who. While
they did not die IN the war. died be.
cause ~ the war. Those who went ou'
In battle left life In n hurst Of glory
Others there we're who fell In their
tracks-exhaustion. broken hearts sent
them west" She has NOT foreo'ien
how the home flank suffered The <iav
af-homes were not all slackers They
fought hunger and cold bent Their
hacks beyond the straining point
Worst Of NIL. they waited II - esf'
mated that 2OOOWO civilians d'rd
from weakness fatigue. strain broken
henrts-the horror ~ Whiting dc
stroved resistance These we're ~"
un'lrrfed oider men and womril. the
SCARED. nndrrnonrished children u
there any wonder that Europe has
death look In her cvesi Death mas
been her morning thought. n hns beer
her night sob. and Tor four Years unhe
NJ ~ months weeks. days hours
minutes and seconds death has beer
hct Nemesis
She II now totaling The figures are
appalling They stagr~r her imng'n"
tion. II ~ rnsy 10 write them M
possible 10 understand their fun mean
ing The mind can't grasp ~ TIE
world II hewildered ny the number "
II too stupendous. too horrible Tor IN
derstnndng Think Z ". seven ana
half million young men for the mos
part between the ages Of eighteen anh
thirty. the youth the strength. ihe
spirit the man power Of Europe dead
--tweniy million from civil life dead
over twelve and half million wound
ed
Who can measure this iossf
War brought death II did more
| N stopped birth In the devastatrri re-
gions Of Belgium. France. Italy 70
land parts ~ Russia and the Balkan
countries. the birth rate fell to nj
most nn,hing In England and W;les
the birth rate In the last part of WA
was ~ IS. the lowest on record. MAJ
lett calculated that the birth rate hnd
fallen ~ per cent In England and
Wales nv 1916
The Journal Of Heredity quotes Saw
orgnan rs having estimated that " w''
take England nj least ten years. "er'
many ~ years. Italy 3S years and
France &c years TO recupernte iheir
| populations These calculations ny
Savorgnan were made before the Tear
ful losses Of the campaign OF 1918.
\ IAr flR
tells what the war has done to the man
power OF Europe. This village. which
is in the Chateau Thierry- Soissons Ills
trict. had q population OF Thousand
people before the war Its losses nave
been tabulated. Twenty-six soldiers
from this village were killed In the
war. Nlnety-seven Of the Villagers
died from war privations The tota'
| OF 123 is the death toll N village
Of a thousand.
The figures I have quoted from the
calculations Of Savorgnan and Mallett
we're made before the war wat finished
Since the war, estimates have been
made. and these estimates show the
situation to be even worse. In France
I was told that 81 per cent OF the men
between twenty and forty years were
listed as dead or incapacitated fo'
work. Further. that II would take
France over 10 years to recover hei
normal population.
II Is said that II will take Italy N
years and England - years to regair
normaiity Of population.
The human waste Of the war Is more
than sad memories. The loss OF maj
power makes grave problem. II hal
thrown out Of balance the domestic
scheme OF the world. II will be Tel
for years There are a great man!
more young women han men. Hom'
life Is bound TO suffer. There viii b
fewer marriages. fewer children. Sta
tistics only tell part Of the story.
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