FRANCE'S POPULATION
The following statement has been forwarded by M. A. de la Tribouille, Delegate of Fighting France in New Zealand: The low increase of France's population since the beginning of the nineteenth century, is explained in the following facts: During the years 1792 to 191.8 France lost 3,000,000 men 'in different wars, including 1,700,000 in 1914-18. During those, wars practically 6,000,04)0 men were wounded and unable to raise a family. During the 1914.-18 war, out of 2,800,000 wounded, 1,500,000 were totally disabled. If one adds to these figures the sick and those who suffered from poison gas, shell-shock, and tuberculosis, the. number of victims would be nearly 4,000,000. When considering the repercussions of these casualties (e.g., the necessary fall in the marriage rate.) one should also remember that France was 'invaded six times between 1792 and. 1918. As a result. France has suffered by far the highest loss of human life of all the European countries. German losses were, on the whole, lower than France's and Avere compensated by the annexation of territories such as Alsace and Lorraine, who between them have 1,600,000 inhabitants.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 13, 8 October 1943, Page 4
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185FRANCE'S POPULATION Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 13, 8 October 1943, Page 4
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