Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-12-19 | Page 24 | Twenty Million Men Lost in Great Conflict

MillON MILLIO MEN lOSTIN Iff IN GREAT GREATT EAT EAT- I i CONFLICT T I I I LONDON D Dec c 18 The The The total de destruction le- le f- f ton of ot life me during two Q years of 1 war will war will reach d declared de dc I persons i Prof rI Louis oui C C. of the I government health se service vie a at the annual an an- nual ual meet meeting g of the time R Royal al Institute of Samaritans ns just concluded here lure The Time speaker er expressed the tho hope however that that this this lo loss loss- s' s of life might somehow prove a blessing in In disguise resulting eventually e in in a distinct im improvement improvement improvement im- im im- im provement In Europ European an cv civilisation In Jn the past ages said Raid Professor Parkes evolutiOn n of or higher types in animal and vegetable life lire hd lids gener generally gEIer generally gener al ally resulted from cataclysmic changes and nd great destruction by i ilai plague J pestilence and famine lias has led to an ad advance anc in Z civilization civilisation So t it itis itis I is possible that this Armageddon Ja may maybe maybe be of ultimate bt benefit to humanity Touching on the lowering birth rate I In Gr Great at Britain the speaker declared that every every COUl country t 1 In Eu Europe Europe- rope has shown a decreasing T birth rate during the past decade decad with the exception of Bulgaria arla Rumania and Ireland