COST OF WAR

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 January 1941, Page 6

COST OF WAR

LOSS OF LIVES & WEALTH | GERMANY'S SHARE OF GUILT. i I !' SOME STUPENDOUS FIGURES. | The world has mw entered on the I fifth decade of a century in which it has been almost continually at warJ says a writer in tin exchange In the 40 years that have elapsed! since 1900 22.000.000 men have been killed on' the field of battle; 200.00c.000 men. women and children ■ have died or been killed indirectlyi as a result of wars; ; 'Die world has spent over £2tX)(W.«i OOO.tKW —more wealth than now j. exists —on wars or preparations for , wars; The major Powers'have spent, on G navies alone, th<- following astro-1 swmieal amounts — £ USA tjIflOOO.IKK) Britain 3 990000(MH) ’ J,.par. 2.52<HH>0.00(f j France 2 HR).f)OO (g)U j Judy i tiso.onu win P Germany 2 850000,000 L‘ sußicient to build a mt'rcantilei it-<‘t of IGiMJ Queen Marys FIRST FOUR DECADES. expenditure on war ill the firsttour decades of the present century easily exceeds the combined cxixmdi’ure for ail the other centuries since * i .in H "ii.-i begun t<> Kin man. Ree,"l’lv the CiOidiun Minister fl.!' Munilii'tis estimated that it how cost a 1 oHitury at war £13.750 to kill a man. ■ In :!w day-, of Cemar :: cost only 5< ; ( In tin- b.-ur rb-cad-.’s so which the ' Werld spent than £ 200 tHUHMki IKsil ' ‘ •n war st spent le-.s than £ 75,000,(XX) yrc-o.itnl c.ue l,f 'c mothers; ■ £ 1 OtHi.fHHI IM.SI v'l ;■ I,i!~ ‘ £ 100 (>vU 'i’l edliCU';*'!': f £ 5 not! (ssi .1 ciiticvi ..nd !111-i r<'..i’•---i; n : e-i■,i!\ ii ; ’j 'Dm* money spent on wars during thou, :wi-iirn :■ vetn 1 v. ouhl mon- ‘han lit! hi v • ;j. vide every city and P ■■■ ~ . n the '... - id -.-'.III m -Se clidowed 11,,-;.. 2 i.taU tiiw tncy would iwed. give evei ; : i 21 mi! iA■■ ■ 1 : person • iver 50' c iji ,4• i’■■■( {u• i’ a< ; I h<’rc w*.’ »j I - - ■: • , - .' ■■■ PF_SPONSIUU€ FOP TWO WARS. ’/ One C.tcrnwny has bvrn rc-|' 1 -]-■* b-r :hr war that hav<- M 'i'i Vc H’.llllun **:<!; bi < fl ...... . • ' • ■ ■ rahrve* tv- -•> sn p*' * f’G \ IT’.' . ' '• .' ’he y’;!’. • • ■r■ ■ • I' ,i W- ■ ("’ v:\ L,;r ‘ 1 ' . A • t,.. ■ I.'.'. * . t

■.h<? field of battle and more than 25.(KHUKX.I lives indirectly It has cost Japan and China than £4CXk)000 am! still -it ■ ■ m signs <if end?n 25(H) years of hlsf'iry there have been 902 wars and iGIS internal di<tol'bimt'es in winch more than *.s<*fl-{Mii'l-'Hi people have peeri -hoi; m tiat'!**. EARTH COULD NOT CONTAIN ALL, S. me eonsi'liition can be deriVid f: tii Lite fart that had those 7 aIXHHKI • j,eup!<- not been killed in wars <>f tiie ;vs-t (heir <|e.-r«-n<lanis wmdd now >o so iitiiix-r.'h- Hui* < ur e.o tli cs-uki pax-bly support them At pre-a ti'. it ii -upparting imt much mme Uian 2,fKH).(HH) <«.ki people a flflh of whom 11 e ill ( hiti<i. Since I‘Hxi tlii-rr have been more "< wars : t:I !>., I ll’i- Of (.<■•- 1:1 htive ivriiriiil smco the en,i d the i’.'i't'lK ’.vm tJi.i’ as !■, liave Ir fmir decade- Bn'iim has been involved in three maj-'f wars Japan m Mur in fi',-e she thnted States m I-...., fh'eeee . f :;..lid Rus-:.'l .It Vi'ith the ciitiy ,d W1 ihi' world bei.'.'in a decade which inevitably must bo tie Ines* n'amrntatn urcr esvslmi’mn ■n-p.-m tn th- fifth d-radv <d th- '.wen cth <•>-• 'ur-.' 'lie future of ervih-atmn ... :h h- deOd.-d J. the: th- World wd! a thl imu has gf ijip - ■ 5 it oj .: ■■■. Hl sink mto > ha., pt. ,ml oi'.m.-le oblivion