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Show At'TKK THK WAKT.A.XKS Convalescence is always the most trying period alter an attack of fever. lien glory mad. blood-drunk Europe Eur-ope returns to it's normal temperature, tempera-ture, it wi!l be confronted by a burden bur-den of debt, interest and taxes that will make the average man groan. In January the new war debt incurred in-curred by Great Britian had reached J34 per capita or $170 per family of fne- the new war debts of France exceeded ex-ceeded $2:10 for the same number of (.: :. Iv members; Germany had added JlO. Belgium $85, Austria $175, Serbia $220 and Russia $75 to load trion which the average family will i be reciuired to pay the in'erest. And I it is not at all unreasonable to as- Rtmip that tl-iic war HoKt -;il K .-),. i ...... ...... ..ui nt i-; UUU- blcd before peace is concluded. Tcfore 'ht war the average Trench frnillv contributed $22 in taxes to pay the debs incurred in previous v--: in Poland, Germany and Italy the interest charges . raised hv fays' fay-s' on. imposed a burden of $18 and J1" re'-ective?v unon the fami'.v of f-e. These figures do not include t'-- a-euM cost of mpictiinlng the P'l:'a-v and naval establivhuents. A'fpr the war taxation to produce t'-n '-.to-no' , .nfoj rtcbt r- nraMiMv doubled in the belligerent bellig-erent countries. By way of contrast it should b stated that the American family o five contributes the sum of one dol lar per annum to pay the interest o the national debt. Yet the great war will not hav been fought in vain If, as a result o the slaughter, the military and navr. establishments of Europe are reduced to reasonable proportions. At ,r. ent, however, there Is no sign of possible reduction in at-mamcn- Ciuess human nature changes in the interval, there will be no disar. anient after the war. So long as oi nation maintains its present militai or naval strenehth. Just so long mu' and will all the others try to hold u their end of the heavy stick. Militarism cannot be killed by warfare: war-fare: only a social revolution can fc eonplish the object, and no soda! revolution composing the state has teen made resdy for new conditions by changes from within. ""he essence of militarism Is fear and fear can be overcome only bv FTergthening and clarifying of th-Eplrit. th-Eplrit. 4. |