Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1919 — War Dead 17,500,000, Says British Paper [ARTICLE]

War Dead 17,500,000, Says British Paper

London^—A complete summary of the world war casualties compiled by the Manchester Guardian gives the total number of deaths at 17,500,000. This number Includes a mortality of 4.000,000 from pneumonia and influenza. Allied losses are placed at 5,500.000. excluding a large number of French civilian dead. Deaths suffered by the central powers are estimated at something over 2.900,000. Italy's losses were 300.000 from disease in the war zone, or three-fifths as many as were killed in action. Four million Armenians, Syrians, Greeks and Jews were massacred by the Turks. Serbian civilians to the number of 1,000,000 died through massacre, hunger or disease. Germans are held responsible for deaths of 7,500 neutrals.