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Show J pnomi, 1' I Jjj THE CASUALTIES ' Ijl Editorially on Sunday, the Salt S jflj Lake Tribune sums up the dead and 1 1 wounded In tlio present European ! j I K conflict as follows: j J j 11 From Copenhagen comes word that J J jj Cerinnuy la niournlng 100,000 dead in I J' I the war. As Copenhagen has been j the center for much roliablo Infonnn- i j tion put of Berlin tho report may be Hi I accepted as authentic. It is appall- i jfj lug to cotitcmplato what this means. , J& Usually tho proportion of dead to i Y wounded In modern wurfaro is ono ) ' tr (our or live, and this aoes not ' Ij tune Into account tho3e who aro ren- j dered unserviceable as soldiers by ! I reason of Blckncss. In other words, 1 i t i ijl Germany h loss in a single month of wnrfare has been at least 500,000. I I j Presumably this applies to the tight- j ,ii .lug in East I'russlu, on the sea and, j Jp hi Belgium mid Frauce. Even tho iyl 'gigantic army of 2,500,000 men which: , jj , the kaiser sOnt Into France must j 1 hnve been greatly weakened by such I ! 1 losses. I i ! f Out of every 100,000 population J ' j thcro nro only a p'osslble 10,000 sol- j ! j dlers. Salt Lake City could not sup-1 !S I ply more- than $12,000 men In case ' jj of war. In u trifle more than thirty H days Germany has lost in killed and H wounded all tho soldiers that could j'flj bo obtained from a population of 5,- ! 1)00,000. In tho next thirty days tho H losses are liahlo to be much heavier. j flu From tho standpoint of tho German ; I general staff, however, tho loss may J , I not bo considered excessive for the n , ground that has been gained. All of j- I northern Franco is overrun and the I c loss of tho allies probably has been Iff 250,000 out of perhaps 1,800,000. Of , f f A course those figures are merely guess ! Bl work and do not signify that Uio Oer- j mans have 2,500,000 or the allies 1, ii ' 800,000 men actually on tuo firing ill ' lino. War roqulres myriads back of tho firing lino to run the machinery. j "Tho Clerniau geuoral staff jirobably j ij would consfder thg sacriflco of 1,- I .000,000 men worth while If tho irnv . les of tlio allies In Frnnco'und Bolgl- m urn could bo destroyed. Germany ; J would still have n cast army left for 1 jl operations against ltussla. If thn , I French forces go to pieces the prlucl- .1 pnl losses will bo in captured -trmles. Jj A conquering army can hold u vuu- II tiuUhcd and disarmed nation with nn I Mmost uegllglblo force. j Assuming, however, that tho French I armies will remain Intact tor sever al months moro, tho scale will gradually grad-ually turn against Oormnny. At tho present time Gormhny Is at her mux. lmum strength, in two months tor best fighting corps will ho docUnated L and she will havo only ber roservos and hor men returning from the hos-' hos-' pltals to fall back upon. : With Frauce the situation Is differ ent. Already Bho has called Into I the field all of ber first reserves and "" ."perhaps many of her' second roserves. J'-Bhe Is-strong in first resotvos, weak i in second, whereas Germany Is strong- l In first reserves and much stronger t, In second, f In view of tills situation hnd tho progress of the war so far the tato of' Frauce might Justly bo" cons'dorod as scaled but for tho fact that nho t , las, so to speak, a third resorvo I . tho' flrltish emplro. What such a j i reserve meaus is being Illustrated ov ; I ory day, England already has rfed j In Belgium and Francd perhaps 150,- - - o ncti. She has raised another S.r-ny S.r-ny of 230,000 In England alone, and a force should bo ready Inside of two months, some of t cnrller For ty thousand Indian troops nre already al-ready on "tho way to England, and 30,000 Canadians will start soon. Perhaps 25,000 will bo available within with-in a month from other Drltlsh colon-Ids., colon-Ids., The meaning of this is ;ntont. England will bo nblo to supply enough men to mako up for all tho losses In dead and wounded which tho allies may sustain In Uelglum nnd France. If, however, tho Germans be gin to capture divisions nnd army corps thoro will, be a different story to tell. Statistics are futile to dcscrlbo the homes in Germany filled with lhm-.ii-tatlon becauso of tho 100,000 dead. Thousands of the wounded will be added to that list und other thousands thous-ands will travel through llfo malm,-ed. malm,-ed. And still tho war goes on. Lord Kitchener estimates that It will con tlnue for three years. Tho horror of that is beyond Imagination. J. -J HOW LABOR DAY 18 OBSERVED When the editor reads in his ex-changes ex-changes tho story of how Labor Day has been observed, his impression is that people had a mighty good time. Wherever the weather is good, peoplo flock to tho ball park or the picnic ground. The crack of the batted ball, the pounding of the big bass drum, and the laughter of children, are the keynotes of tho day. Thus Labor Day Is not what It was originally supposed to be. It was sei apart as a holiday, primarily for reflection re-flection upon the Labor question. The projectors of the plan evidently felt that tho public would gather In thoughtful assemblages, and hear addresses ad-dresses upon the catiso of the work ingman and the problem of securing his advance. . Occasionally there are on Labor Day such public meetings. But they a're few and aro Incidental. Just as Thanksgiving Day, once a religious rite, has now become a social and epicurean festivity, so Labor Day, or-, or-, Iglnnally an economic event, has now become a day of sport and athletics. The parade of trade unions held in 1 many cities Is the principal fenturo left from -the original program. A, foreigner seeing one of these proces-sious proces-sious would be struck by tho flno appearance ap-pearance made by tho workers. In his own country, he may have been taught to think of carpenters and masons ma-sons and plumbers as an Inferior type of men. IUgged up In their Sunday Sun-day clothes, tho American artisans make a very good appearance. Many nre former high school students or graduates, many are prominent In fraternal orders and churches, ull bear themselves with dignity. A good many churches also are observing .tlio Sunday before tho holiday as Labor Sunday. This too. Is fruitful. The founder of Christianity Chris-tianity proclaimed his gospel primarily primar-ily to tho workers. It Chrstlanlty is not touching the lives of the every day tollors, it is falling in its mission. f 4 $ THE FACE OF THE RETURN8 The San Francisco Chronicle has succeeded In tabulating tho returns for leading candidates of 3012 out of the 4463 precincts of the state, and thoy show conclusively that tho Ho-puhllcan Ho-puhllcan vote In the primaries was more thau double that of tho Progressives Progres-sives and equal to that of tho Democrats Demo-crats and Progressives combined. They also show that there was some ground for the accusation brought by tho Progressives against, thomselves that thoy Intended to practlco duplicity dupli-city by using the Itopublican ballot to write In the name of tholr candidate candi-date for governor. The number of Progressives who restored to this device, however, is so relatively small it willnot cut much of a figure In tho November olectton. Perhaps 10,000 Progressives Progres-sives voted tor tholfcandldato for governor on tho various opposing tickets, but they will be lost sight of In tho November contest In which the alignment Is foreshadowed by tho figures of the primaries. The really significant figures in tho returns the Chronicle has succeeded in tabulating are those which show the unmistakable Republican vote. The voters who cast their ballots for; tho Republican candidates for thp gubernatorial nomination, and for tho United States senatorshlp, represent rep-resent tho Republican strength. Thoy may be depended upon to voto the Republican ticket In November, ns will also tho other Republicans whoso votes havo not yot been tubu1ntodl and those whoso names will bo added add-ed to tho roglsters between August 20 hnd election day. WILLIAM BARNES' I REVENGE One disaster after another bofnl's Mr. Roosevelt's party In this state, says tho New York Times. It was, bad enough to bo rausBed up by Sulz-er, Sulz-er, for that made the party ridiculous, ridicu-lous, but to be put out ot buslnesj by Barnes Is a hurt that will bafflo tho surgeons. All "the oratory and all the enginery' of the party Wore to be trained on William 'Barnes in politics. pol-itics. Mr. Barnes choso the tlrao for making his announcement... with fco'.d and cruel calculation . "l!& led tho Progressives on, ho let them meet und alniso him to their licarts' content, he let them mako him Ihe solo Issue, and then, a fow 'days la tcr, ho takes himself out of. the campaign cam-paign altogether. Tho Hoosovelt men will have nono of their own claptrap Issues to talk about they have left them out of their platform: That was prudent, for they know very well that tho things they wont wild about In Chicago two years ago are dead and burled as far as the state la concerned. con-cerned. But nolthor can they talk about Mr. Barnes; they have nothing noth-ing to talk about. Logically, Mr. Roosevelt ought to tell his party to crawl Info its cavo and wait for some more propitious season. ! ! 4 POEMS ON THE WAN - Tho poets are already singing their war songs and nppeals. Liege By Stephen Phillips lie said: "Thou petty people, let me pass. ' What canst thou do butfbow to mo and kneel?" "y "Y' But sudden a dry land Caught fire like grass, .. And answer hurtled but' from shell and steel. Ho looked for silence, but a thunder came . ', Upon him, from Liege a leaden hall. All Belgium flow up at his throat In flnmo Till at her gates amazed his legions quail. Tako heed, for now on haunted ground they tread; '. Thoro bowed a -nightie"?? war lord to his hall; . Fear! Lest that very green grass again grow red . "' With blood of German now as then with Gaul. If hlra whom God destroys. lie mad-dens mad-dens first, ,.,' Then thy destruction slake thy mad man's thirst. .Cabled to New York Times. .... Robert Bridges, the poet Laureate of England, wrote the following for tho London Times: Thou Careless, Awake I By Robert Bridges Thou careless, awake! Thou peacemaker, fight I Stand, England tor honor, And God guard the right. Thy mirth lay aside. Thy cavil and play, The foe Is upon thee ' And grave la the day. v The monarch Ambition Has harnessed his slave's, But the folk of Ihe ocean Are free asthe waves.( t f For peace." thou art armed, Thy freedom to hold, Thy courage as Iron, "" ' . Thy goodfalth" as gold. Through flro, air and wafer Thy trial must be, But they that lovo life best Die gladly for thee. . The love of their mothers la strong to command, Tho fnmo ot their fathers Is might to tholr hand. Much suffering shall cleanse thee, But thou through the flood, Shalt win to salvation, To beauty through blood. ! 4 "There Is no use ot you hanging around here unless you are willing to work," said the cnorgetlc woman. "Lady," replied Ploodlng Pete, "I'm Willing to work. -But I belong to the Association of Industrious Inspectors. Inspec-tors. It you's tell mo what chores you want done and bow much you'll pay, I'll go to town and ask our secretary sec-retary to O. K. the contract. Only you'll hnve to advance mo I7.C4 to, pay tho expenses of tho trip." W-auIngtor. Star. .j. .J. 4. . - "Walt a minute, Tom, till I-ask mother If ypu can stay to lunch' ",t. guess I won't stay today.iEthol, I'm too hungry." Llfo. ' i |