| Show national debts the civilized part of this planet now owes according to 0 the westminster review jRe view the very neat bur but sum of about twenty three thousand millions dollar dollars sas as national debts here is the account extending from 1715 to the last year yr 7 1715 france holland hoiland hol rol and i 90 england republics lies and lles other states ette uhro 01 00 I 1 1703 1793 03 art britain 1 I 1 europe U united i states 0 0 00 11 british india 0 0 0 1815 art britain aw europe ur other amer 1 can n 3 ac oom british bri meiz india coo 1818 Fu ropo aro united states g t OW british colonies I 1 latin ti amerl ameri m c can countries british india oco OGO L I 1 bOO 18 1870 o geant aut ort britain mm europe 21 0 0 0 america R 0 0 0 0 0 0 asia asis asnica alrica 10 lo 1875 art britain r america A europe Z asia I 1 1 ja 40 0 africa 2500 this list does not fehlow all that europe has owed and not paid for france prance alone got rid nd of four hundred and sixty million dollars afier after her revolution by bankruptcy but the present indebtedness on which the more or br less civilized nations more or less irregularly py interest is big enough the population of these nations Is somewhat less than seven hundred bundred million millions und it may be said therefore that every child born in this population comes into the world with a al debt of about thirty dollars suspended about its neck on which as soon as it is able to produce anything 0 it is 19 asked to pay inhere interest st if ir the people of europe would remember this curious fact they would could probably let the turks a and ild rid serviano ians fight out their battle and forbid a general european war in fact they would demand a general disarmament as the course the nations of eurbie live torether together tb in the attitude of robber tribes each of whom fortifies itself against its neighbors and maintains an army to prevent prel vent the t e pillage of its laboring people pe p 1 the 0 people of this country are exceptionally e cc t anally happy that they hav have nee need d neither of fleets nor armies we live under unde r the guardianship of the american eagle and arid that noble bird will not allow anybody to molest us or make us afraid new rew tork york herald nov knovs 3 |
