Show ENORMOUS COST OF WARFARI Fighting Has Saddled the Natlonii d the World With Debt I Two or three centuries ago It w discovered that money for wirfa could bo secured more easily and I larger quantities by bonding the d tlon for It and taxing the people top J I the Interest Wars began to ra r more In less than 300 years Ore Britain has spent on warfare 679 000000 The revolution of 1688 MI 155000000 the war of the Span succession 220000000 the Spail war 325000000 the seven y war 535000000 the American of revolution 725000000 the n tho French revolution 2360000 the war against Napoleon 29306 000 The Boer war cost Great Brte In cash more than 800000000 It Is estimated that the wars olil nineteenth century cost the world 111 922000000 A statistician has figure that there are 3155673600 seconds I I a century According to these Cgwt the world paid out nearly JG a ascot In the last century for war Adoptli I Archbishop Ushers chronology lIh I made the world 5904 years old all th I end ot 1899 the nation spent In It nineteenth century for war an anon equal to nearly 6 a minute since ti creation This statistician has est mated that the worlds population t 1500000000 If this Is correct tl amount spent In war between 18011 > 1900 would furnish each man > OBI and child with nearly 12 posit money monehe debts of the chief nations Oft earth aggregate more than 3 < 000W < 000 It Is believed that threeJourtl of this sum was swallowed up In wr i fare and preparations for it Neil all the sum represented by the deb of Great Britain France and GerlDlJi was spent for warfare These cot tries are spending annually In InteK on their debts nearly 39000000 the WHOM v This sum is in addition to being expended for the support of f mC itary armaments Tho amount appfll printed this year for this purpose b I Great Britain In round figures is W 217600000 f 1 000000 by Germany Franco 200200000 by the Unit New York TrI d States 19 OOOoOONew tine |