Show war indemnities among the conditions upon which the turkish government offered a few weeks ago after a victorious campaign laign to make peace with greece was a requirement that the defeated country should pay an indemnity of ila the practice of exacting money from a conquered toe foe Is in its present form somewhat modern in ancient times the victor despoiled the enemy he had overcome sacked cities and carried away whatever of value lie he could carry away now he respects private property but lie he makes the conquered nation pay the whole cost ut the nar ar in either ease case the practice is analogous to that of civil courts which assess cost upon the defeated party the four greatest wars of tho the last thirty five beals have all been followed by exactions of this kind after prussia defeated austria in the seen bei en weeks war of she demanded of her adversary twenty million thaders th alers or about of our money a modest bum as indemnities go sho she made similar exactions also front from tho the states which allied themselves with austria this nas as in addition to territorial rit orial coil cess F fire ive years later france was defeated by prussia and besides being compelled to give till lip tile the provinces provin C es of alsace alc and lorraine Lorral nc was forced to pay to her victorious enemy tile the enormous sum cum of five milli aids of f francs ancs or one thousand million dollars of our money payment was to be extended over four years and german garrisons were to tic be retained in III france until till tho whole was paid but the splendid patriotism pt ol 01 the french people enabled the government erni nent to antle anticipate pate tile payments and tile the last bast Geril lAll soldier lacfi left france in july 1873 again russia allu ssi i alter after defeating turkey in claimed in fit addition to territorial concessions a money indemnity of three hundred million rubles or about one hundred and fifty million dollars A considerable part of this amount turkey still owes to russia in like manner japan following the example of 0 european nations exacted from china in 1895 a war indemnity ot of more moio than one hundred million dollars and millions more lor for surrendering her claim on the llao liao tung pe la gula this was in addition to the of the island of 0 formosa |