A GREAT ILLUSION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 95, 12 June 1911, Page 6

A GREAT ILLUSION.

o DOES WAR FAV? The “great illusion,” in Mr Ang< M's view, is. that naval and nnlitary power gives a ns.lion commercial and social advanlages. War, even svccesslu i win-, be argues, is bad business. Me supp-uts Inis bv founr fciidanien tad propositions: 1. That the Imamid inlet dependcuco of modern Stales (e.g., England and Geimany) is such as to render an enemy’s property int.mgibi >. Germany, after victory in war, could art court rente British propc-i ty on a, ! age .‘mala without such ' a disturbance credit as would recoil on her own industry and finances. War does 2. I’imt it is impossible for one "'■•nnti v to enrich no df by subjugating; aur.ther a.m! annexing provinces. Annexations do not pav. 3. 'Unit is it itnporsiblo to levy an indemnity upon a defeated nation without the victor, who draws the indemnity, culfeiiug, because the .indemnity is pair! in goods. Indemnities do net pay. I. That the minor Powers with feeble armaments enjoy bettor credit than the .great am! well-armed) .States. Armaments do not pay.

’i'he dressmaking chics at the Technical School will be resumed on 'Wednesday next. Mr. Newton King has received Ihe following cable from Ins Sydney agents .o hides:—“Heavies firmer.” Ail ladies are requested to attend the meeting to be held in tlie Baioug.ii. Council Chamber at 3 o'clock to-nion evr afternoon ia connection with Hospital Satin day and rhe nos- ] real ball to !;o held on the evening of Co: m,iii.ru Day. Mr I. H. P-mii, •one of the joint secretaries, will be in attendance. Statistics regarding the frequency of cancer have beep published by Dr. •iacq ties Bet-tiilon, bead of the Statistical Department of the Villo de Pa ris. He stated that cancer is more, common in towns than in the country, and shows an evident preference for the colder regions. 'Comparing the statistics furnished by foreign countries, Dr. Boitiilon'says that northern lands show a much higher percentage. Tims for 100,300 iuhaoitants there wore 101 deaths in the Netherlands, 100 in Norway, and 91 in England, while in the centre of Europe the proportion falls considerably. Austria numbornig 78, France 70. and Prussia 71, and gradually diminishes as the Mediterranean is approached, Italy showing (31 deaths, Spain 48. and Hungary 12. Dr. Bertillon further states that the frequency of cancer is on the increase, and that in 1908 there were 30,421 deaths from the. disease iu Franco, and in 1909 34,053 in England.