Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1893 — Europe’s Ominous Outlook. [ARTICLE]

Europe’s Ominous Outlook.

Thu following statistics furnished by Jacques St. Cere to the N. Y. Herald w|ll give some idea of what the various European nntinns have been doing during the past twenty-three years in the wav of warlike preparations. The first table shows the armies of Europe ou a war footing in 18G0 and 1802: 1860. 1893. France 1,350.000 4,350,000 lie. many 1,300,000 5,000,000 ItiiHHin 1,100,000 4,000,000 Anstiia 750,000 1,000,000 Italy 670,000 3,380,000 England 460,000 802,000 Hilda 450,000 HDO.OOO Turkey 820,000 1,150,000 Hwitz Hand 150.0(H) 480,000 Hwodun-Norway 130,000 3IM.00) 11. Igiuin 93,000 3 8,0 10 P. rtngal 70,000* 164,000 Denmark 45,000 01,000 mil and 46,000 185,000 Montenegro 40,000 55,000 (h coco 85,000 180 000 ltonin n a 88,000 280,000 Hirvia 25,000 180,000 Totals 8,058,000 22,248,000 It will be seen that Europe has now more than throe times as many a. Idler as in 18011. And the following table shows that the military budgets have almost kept pace with the increase in armament, the estimate being in franos: 1889. 1892. Russia 492,000,000 091,000,000 Franco 471,000,000 691 030,000 Ell'-' I.nd 484,0 0.000 (103,0 0,000 , tiermauy 221,000,000 661,000,000 Austria 1*2,000,000 314,900,000 Ituly 141,000,01(0 281,000,000 Spain 100,000,000 143,000,000 Holland.,. 41,000,000 59,000,000 Belgium 29,000,000 40,000,000 Switzerland 2,000,(HK) 38.000.000 Portugal 22,000,000 85,000,000 Sweden 18,000,0(H) 45 000,000 Homnmiu 14.000,000 30,000,000 Denmark • 14,0(H), 0(H) 29.000,000 Greece 2,000.000 19 000,000 B,rvU 12,000,000 29,000,000 Totals 2,228,000 000 4,000,090,000 The Continent is now one vast nrmod uimp. All Europo is under arms No nation dares to call a halt to its military preparations, although to go on means for all financial and industrial ruin. War may bo averted temporarily, but sooner or later the crash is bound to come.