| Show 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 1 VM A A r I 1 I 1 I 1 im W MW I 1 i I 1 r A 01 0 d I 1 I 1 1 p I 1 j 11 1 TISSUE 1 4 K Z I 1 11 aa W I 1 I 1 1 I 4 I 1 1 I I 1 6 I 1 I 1 tj I 1 ef t 1 I 1 1 1 P 1 J e I 1 III I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 0 ifo 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 Z t 4 2 N TV a I 1 V aati t g tta t 11 t f I 1 N sl S N 6 I 1 I 1 EE EB the bank at aCt aisi bis window I 1 I 1 1 I 1 he la Is counting 10 bills ilia hla cago cage r Is stacked high with bales of 10 I 1 i bills ho he ls counting bills every I 1 I 1 minute he works ten hours hour saday a day seven days daya a week he Is trying to count the money spent on the world k war but he vale wu never never bo 4 able to do it not he nor his sau eon n nor I 1 0 r bis was sons son nor many go generations n orations to come to co count out in n 10 bills the money spent on I 1 tho the war would take more than 1000 years methuselah who lived jived to be years old might havo have done it by working ni nights aghta no other mortal could I 1 I 1 it must not be overlooked that methuselah either in his own time or ours would soon have run out of cu currency the w world 0 rid does nat I 1 have and never will have in money of any denomination I 1 the appall appalling lg sum of some thing like that is what the world has spent on the ft marthat war that Is passing into history writes plent glent I 1 don alavi all vine a e in th the new york tribune I 1 I 1 these are figures figure s that outdistance the co comprehension mpr e of the wisest man that ever lived who the cost of the war transcends all the monetary conceptions which even a find neler can conjure up nor Is it much eier easier t aft conceive the toll loll of life that athe the war has taken 6 great rea t britain alone has lost in the war about I 1 11 men france harlost hag has lost perhaps more in a general way these figures mean I 1 something to us bu an illustration may help visualize a these allied dead not more imore than persons have marched marcues in the greatest parade that fifth I 1 avenue has ever known our preparedness parade and possibly the third liberty loan parade to totaled that number of a marchers barchers mar chers all day long they marched ans na after sundown we P thrilled at the sight af w cheso aiese living Amb americans ricans r aci us visualize the march of odthe affe british dead ai A daybreak they start down P fifth fifth avenue 20 26 abreast their fallen falle n comrades f follow ollowa a few pa paces i ces behind in close marching order until sundown chesem these men en who have gone west ivest march down the avenue the next day there ther els Is a similar parade and the next and the next fo for fe ten a days the I 1 british dead pass pasi in review I 1 for 11 dos days inbae the french dead file down I 1 the avenue of the allies three weeks of of march ing dead men the russians who died fighting for their empire that was would require the daylight hours of live five beeks more and i for Ifor theother the other brave allied fighting I 1 men wa we must r reserve a fortnight two months and a boat for the wiled allied dead to march past a averi jl it I 1 the dead al although definite figures aro not available lable number about for them p ao paw pass in review I 1 would require more than six slaw weeks i throughout all the daylight hours of june luly july august 11 gust and september then the ghastly procer procession r sion would continue it isern Is w ap appalling picture to I 1 I 1 contemplate I 1 As preliminary punishment nt for ahe the fugitive I 1 kaiser for whom so many fates have been suggested there may be tortu torture re available here for him to stand at attention throughout four hot hoi summer months while the ghosts of those he be sent to death pass la in constant review surely that might inflict mental agony enough io to appease the most vindictive historians will finally agree that or some such figure was spent by the nations involved they will eventually place mhd toll of dead at or thereabout there about they may decide that shipping was les destroyed troyed to tho the value of boo but never in computing the cost of oc the wrt will III they be able aalto to estimate a accurately these indirect losses 1 physical suffering 1 I 1 increased illness I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 inci Jn creased death rate I 1 I 1 LaN lowered vered race vitality I 1 1 I 1 4 1 Ie decreased creased birth rate I 1 1 v I 1 curtailed ur e location education 1 I 1 I 1 f 1 r coral degradation I 1 I 1 7 Is I 1 I 1 alt t property destroyed I 1 crops and trees devastated I 1 I 1 I 1 k I 1 cargoes sunk 1 I 1 I 1 1 property damaged by idleness t industry crippled by div diversion erslon of men production diverted from creative to destructive purposes purposes business development checked inflation of currency currency ind I 1 increased prices of these indirect losses to the invaded territory I 1 which hits has been redeemed by the allied armies andre tardieu french high hibb commissioner to the united malted states state says the territories which have been under german occupation for four years were nere the wealth wealthiest fest part of france their area area did not exceed 6 0 per cent of the whole country they paid however 23 per cent 1 of the sum total of our taxes these territories which have been occupied ngali by us ua at the cost of our own blood and the blood of our allies alllen are now in a state of ruin even boise worse than we ve had anticipated the very ground Is torn tore overturned laid waste damaged with she shell ll 11 selia tera and for months maybe for years year enfil for production the fruit trees have been cut sawed down toabe to the level of the grou ground jid I 1 I 1 of th the cities and villages nothing remains but euins I 1 homes have been des destroyed troy ed to build them up again I 1 am referring to the beald I 1 assa 4 tS 11 II Z Sa ww 11 1 na c tl 1 W k I 1 i I 1 J z at i mt ra 11 Z 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 U 7 V t A v i 4 i r 1 3 Wr 7 W 7 I 1 fa I 1 1 1 1 k 11 1 j J t 1 1 I I 1 t X 41 4 7 r ap I 1 11 4 4 1 k t f 5 ai it I 1 1 s ai f f 1 I 1 1 k t 1 it 1 r ea t ITZ 5 0 r v i C 1 1 A r t A N 1 I 1 X ZA Z A ai r v a dr 1 V F ons va 6 a 4 aj V V tv p gt A k ZM f N I 1 11 I 1 1 c I 1 4 1 P 3 t V I 1 I 1 el yo 4 1 I 1 4 11 I 1 JK I 1 1 i N I 1 I 1 va mt 11 I 1 11 1 t 1 N rr I 1 1 MV Z I 1 41 1 11 jt r re L I 1 I 1 N i sa 4 A S P i N i n k 4 kt I 1 i 11 M fa sa 1 11 44 t in 0 O r 1 1 I t 1 ak a aw 1 t RA A 1 01 s N fetn 1 I 1 1 1 i ir 1 3 V I 1 I I 1 aj ap 1 I 1 1 11 as W I 1 kg k e 1 5 i X 1 I 1 N U 31 ir 11 A K p 11 K s 1 X i r r Q 1 3 4 1 1 P 1 I 1 i IN I 1 1 apt 4 n 1 ill i 1 S vaz j f j ZV i I 1 I 1 4 r V 1 xeno 0 I 1 04 I 1 r 4 mf K I 1 a 1 1 k 1 1 N RN I kv v 10 X 4 1 A st Z i 5 1 I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 k 1 W 1 1 1 A 1 z Y ftc 1 11 1 I 1 ya 1 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 tv A 1 W ma M rn t V 11 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 ma f N I 1 r i r l fl I 1 1 L e 1 X A I 1 I 1 Y X 1 k ma X S I 1 i A 1 1 Z 11 W P t od ae rs ca 1 zi 1 4 1 1 1 af 1 j sf 4 t s p 11 S I 1 M 0 N 1 Z k 4 1 ax W am Z k Ks t 1 1 aa xa w i 4 I 1 I 1 arx tk 0 11 k I 1 12 f I 1 an I 1 t k t I 1 A x EM A 1 ix pk J Y f r 11 fx 1 n r eq 11 as ye X M I 1 1 ar az arx Z i 1 I r 1 0 X IV 1 W 1 I g Is r 15 V S ei I 1 za AI e mv f 1 ix f Z fe kl t r 6 em C 4 1 rs Z t tp h 4 1 e 1 1 e k k 1 14 1 I 1 4 11 idt 1110 dC i V 11 ll S aci j 1 tt X 1 R i 6 s S av a 1 I 1 f i 1 Z IL 4 I 1 1 l V A 4 e ti k pw as K N k IP 1 Z 11 4 11 11 r N I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 f I 1 x V 11 1 1 aj 0 g i S ia 1 I it X S I 1 Z i i i p V I 1 1 Z 11 ao 10 X V 1 N 4 R i i V 1 i Y I el rW 3 g IN Y I 1 1 k I 1 v 11 it kt V i 7 t 1 f i A il X 1 11 1 I 1 1 akl k 4 I 1 i j Y L ra AP t f e 3 gk fe 1 I 1 n afu t R tes h V 1 P I 1 I 1 A 11 fi 1 k 4 g 1 k W 1 1 I Z 4 ie 1 I I 1 I 1 e W i V A 0 1 E I 1 U q r 1 ax I 1 I 1 0 I 1 I 1 i 4 ar w I iz j a X irm ir M I 1 TZ dijk 1 0 I 1 A W 1 T jal i t 11 r alz I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 v Z 1 0 4 1 I 1 I 1 U I 1 4 44 M iw am M 1 s 1 iz 1 l A I 1 1 I 1 1 bt aw 4 Y ra ov I 1 I 1 I 1 kj 4 if cz c Z W ia ta r I 1 N 1 lff 5 W 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 0 o MM M mg 1 11 A 1 4 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 j I 1 7 I 1 7 4 0 fa 1 i I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 1 1 7 4 at C 1 73 J 17 1 7 ra i 1 1 t 1 A I 1 N I 1 1 0 I 1 4 1 e I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 le I 1 I 1 01 I 1 a tk I 1 Z I 1 V I 1 1 I 1 Z 7 I 1 4 t R 1 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 5 I 1 j 1 i I 1 I 1 1 14 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 67 X 7 I 1 I 1 19 I 1 q 1 arr e 1 I 1 g I 1 ie kii 17 I 1 I 1 I 1 it would ula take more ore I 1 than 1000 years to count in 10 bills I 1 the ihei money spelt spent in the war 11 I 1 I 1 lag ilg proper without furnishings days of work willbe necessary involving together with building material an outlay of ifranco As regards personal property of every eveny description either destroyed by battle or stolen by tho germans there stands an additional loss of flip at least east francs franca this valuation of lost personal arson al property does not include as definite figures res are aach lacking ing as yet the countless war contributions as and fines athe by the enemy amounting alsoto T billions A 1 I need hardly say abat in those wealthy lands no agricultural resources resource a are are left the losses los 1 I 1 horses and in cattle bovine and bovine a species I 1 hogs goats amoun amount tto to head bead in agricultural equipment to machines or carts the two icema worth to together torether 1 francs now as is regards industries the disaster Is we more re complete these districts 0 occupied by t tho ho germans and whose machinery has haa icalla destroyed I 1 or taken away by the enemy were industrially speaking the very heart ot frane france they were the very backbone of our production as shown la in the following si startling driling figures in 1913 the wool output of our invaded region amounted to fo 94 per cent ot of the total French production duct lon and ana cc corresponding figures were for flax from he the mills 90 per cent iron fron ore 80 90 per percent ceni pig iron 83 per cent steel 70 per cent sugar 70 per cent I 1 cotton 00 60 per cent coal 55 per cent electric power 45 per cent of all that plants machinery chinery wh mines nothing is leit left everything has been carried away or des destroyed troyed by the enemy so complete is the destruction that in the case of our great coal mines mine s in the north two years of work will bei be needed be forea fores single torf ton of coal can be extracted and ie ten a years yeara before the output Is back to the m figures of 1913 all that musi must be ie rebuilt built and to carry out that ond kind of reconstruction only there will be a need of over tons of pig iron fron nearly 4 ow tons ions of steel not noi to mention the replenishing of i stoel stocks acs ics an and d of raw materials which must of necessity be supplied to io the the cirit year of resumed activity if we taker take into account 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 THE BLOOD BLOO 0 SHED AND THE TREASURE tread URE SPENT I 1 11 1 I I 1 men in lives total I 1 I 1 arms lost casualties cost in dollars united states 2351 ia greatt great britain 1 I 1 I 1 friece r I 1 italy daiy itu I 1 Z si russia I 1 baalum I 1 I 1 5 serbia 0 N 1 1 I 1 I 1 t I 1 Z G ermany 1 1 I 1 I 1 do 0 66 0 00 0 assria hunga i ry ry t 3 y I 1 4 I 1 1 Y I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 4 56 1 M 4 1 I 1 1 j I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 1 IL 11 I 1 t i i our months would be required I 1 ivi 4 f for ormin men oal killed in the warto f march I 1 v W past a div given e n point s I 1 1 I I 1 these 3 1 different items we reach as re regards garas i ahl e i ti hotd total of francs to resurrect alie aliese s regions J ns i to reconstruct I 1 bhea I 1 factories raw materials alone are not sufficient we v need means of transportation now the enemy I 1 has destroy 4 ed our railroad ralli oad tracks and rall railroad rouil I 1 tracks track 1 1 equipment nt our rolling stock which id in ane tile firsti first month of the war in ia 1014 1914 was reduce reduced dby by cars hag undergone the wear and tear of 50 months of war our merchant fleet on oa the other hand has lost more more than a million tons tons through the submarine warfare i our shipyards during the last four years year have not built any ciny s ships hips por for they illey have produced for us andhor and for our allies cannon ammunition and tanks here again for thi this s item alone alanl of means 0 of transportation via we must muff figure acure on an d expense of I 1 2 Q f francs r ancs this th I 1 8 MR makes kes lik if I 1 slim dmn uj up these different ite items ms a need of raw ma material J i e I 1 erfal which represents in test cost at it the h e p ait rate 0 of f P prices in france I 1 not n ot less th than iii 50 francs al and and ahls formidable formidably e figure dois does not cover everything ng I 1 have noi not taken lito into account tho 1684 cpr represented enild for the fu future ture product production Ibn of fran prance bath by the e transformation of so many I 1 face factories which for four years were exclusively ase dod voted vote t to 0 war munitions I 1 hae not oaken taken into into 1 account I 1 foreign markets lost to us as a result I 1 of tile the destruction oi of on quarter of bu pi dive capi capital and the almost total collapse oil apse of our bur trade ahr I 1 hive vie not taken ia en into account the economic weakening that e shall isaiall suffer tomorrow owing to the alii loss oi young and vigorous men compared to id these the 06 losses accruing to the ifie united states tisa ns a result of the war ahei are 0 of fa course urs slig slight bi america has scarcely been blob bloodied died it Is true that the war may cost the united states p possibly lives ches every one a precious otter langto ing to freedom freedm but several times almany as many ame americana r icil ha e fied died at home during the iba recent inai influenza U efimi eaid epidemic L M le 1 when ive we consider the number of americans who lw died in our civil war our present losses seem almost almo it trivial the dea deaths froth from all causes in the clil war totaled I 1 about vi 16 alm times s ns s many lives fis aa the world war ivar cost tho the united states geates those killed hilled in action on the Uni union onside side alone men fighting for the north outnumber more than two to one the americans who have reEe recently fitly died cited fighting overseas til the financial contribution america has made maae toward defeating the central cantril powers Is magnificent but a small sacrifice for the richest country in the world to td date the fetal war indebtedness ednes s of the he ault ed st states aber Is distributed as s follows follow I 1 0 w first liberty loan second liberty libert Y loan third L loan an 1 I F PC fourth arth liberty loan i war mar savings stamps i A fifth loan Ioan Is being planned to the cost of the dw war the tox bill now under consideration I 1 I 1 by congress and other taxation hlll not net the remainder america amerald ahas has or w will 1 it spend to finish up bp tile the disagree alile job but even if th the e war wa r finally costs america 35 jtb other estimates hav have varied from 0 to that thai Is isa a small all I 1 portion of bf its national wealth how the amount the united states has spent on the war compares with jt its s economic wealth ve alth and how these figures stand for the he principal other belligerents may be seen from the following estimates no exact fig I 1 ures being aval available lable national wealth war cost coat prewar pre war embt U united cited sint states es i fl 1000 great britain 2600 trance prance now pmj italy C 00 russia OCO total I 1 I 1 ap i 11 german empire 4 tl austria heary tt 1 1 total ft aj 0 goo tz I 1 sass ass bankers tyyho from I 1 vantage point ba have ve watched 24 nation spend i ino godby riby on a scale hit hitherto berto unknown n haye eitle estimated xa ted trip arn annual cost coit as follows forthe days the world Ws was a alun plunged ged unwar in wat s I 1 40 ia I 1 I 1 I 1 isu 1911 v |
