A WORLD WAR

Evening Star, Issue 16197, 19 August 1916, Page 4

A WORLD WAR

Wo call tins a "world war," and imagine that we are speakiig metaphorically. But it actually is a world war, if you look into it; at any rate, much more than half the world's area and population are concerned in it. Take- the countries that were represented at the. recent conference of the Allies in Paris. Their areas and populations work out as in this table:—

Assuming the total population of the earth to be about 1,600,000,000, and its superficial area 52,813,800 square miles, It will be noticed that the Allies alone represent over one-half of the total. The Teutonic and Turkish Empires and Bulgaria, including the German colonies, represent a population of about 150,000,000 and an area of soma 2,400,000 square miles. Hence, the total number of people actually involved in the war is approximately 1,000,000,000,, and the area of territory involved is about 30,000,000 square miles.

Squire PopulaMiles. tion. Belgium) and Congo 933,836 22,424,000 France and colonies *' 5,011,672 86,361,000 Italy and colonies ... 748,900 37,338,000 Japan and colonies ... 262,535 73,385,000 British Empire „. ... 11,629,566 424,089,000 Russian Empire <... ' 8,797,043 176,400,000 Serbia 34,047 4,633,000 Portugal and colonics 842,150 15,170,000 Total -,. „ 28,389,750 839,800,000