THE COST OF A EUROPEAN WAR.
"AN ORGY OF BLOOD."
BERLIN, July 18, General Blume has presented -'a inarkable report to the, German General Staff, stating that Germany could put four and three-quarter million soldiers in the field in her next war, which would cost-^Oermany three Hun- """ dred million annually, apart from in-, direct financial and commercial: losses, which would; be far greater. - If several European Powers were involved, &a seemed likely, the cost/would be pro-; portionately greater. General Blume estimates that a European war of the same duration as the ,Russo-Japanesei would cause at least- 900,000 casualties and become a veritable orgy of blood.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume xxix, Issue 7543, 20 July 1908, Page 2
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