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Utilities and the Tax Board Most significant is the sworn statement of one member of the tax board concerning its attitude toward the fixing of valuations for public utilities. That board is presumed to be interested only in the matter of taxation. It is revealed as the super power in the fixing of utility rates. Confronted with some rather remarkable and unexplained decisions in the matter of low valuations on public utility properties, valuations that it is claimed in court are not in conformity with the law, one of the members said that to make the utilities pay more taxes would only result in higher rates for service. Whatever truth might be hidden in this statement, the fact remains that the tax board is not legally concerned with thus phase of the matter but only in following the law in regard to taxation. One of the results of extraordinary consideration for the utilities in tax matters has been high tax rates for the home owner and the business man. A fairer valuation on their properties might have resulted in lower tax rates for those who are now unable to pay. If there is to be a tax board its members should at least try to fix valuations of these huge properties on a basis that would approximate the basis for other property. Certainly no kaiserish attitude toward the people should interfere with the plain interpretation of the law. But for the members to interfere with the proper duties of the public service commission, to take the position that they have anything to do with utility rates, only reveals that this board is also a line of defease for the defenseless rates of the utilities. The next legislature would do well to consider abolishing this board. The next Governor certainly should change its membership. Relief for Miners When Senator Costigan of Colorado pleaded for relief for the unemployed, one of the protests came from Governor Harry Leslie of this state, who telegraphed that Indiana would take care of all its needy, and wanted nothing from Uncle Sam. Today, the jobless miners of the state, living under conditions that are shocking, eating potato peelings instead of meat and bread, are told by the same Governor that he is unable to help them. Very correctly, he says that a special session could provide no funds by a bond issue. The Constitution prevents the state from going into debt. What he failed to say was that a special session might divert gasoline funds to the cause of relief for the hungry if lawmakers deemed the lives of human beings more important than contracts for politicians and contributors to campaign funds. The conditions in the mining fields, intensified by the senseless quarrel between the miners’ union and the operators, is almost incredible. Children are without proper food. Adults are living under conditions that are more than primitive. There is a lack of everything that is appalling. Anew generation is starting with a viewpoint that is anything but American. Under such conditions, the outbursts of violence is not surprising. They are to be expected. Human beings can easily become beasts when want and hunger gnaw at their bellies while their minds tell them that such a condition is not necessary. The time has come to make good on the declaration of the Governor that Indiana will take care of its own. The miners belong to Indiana. They need that care now. The Mooney Fight Goes On A fourth Governor has denied justice to Tom Mooney. Governor Rolph, elected on the slogan of “live and let live." Thursday affixed the great seal of the state, of California to the lies and perjuries and scandals of “America’s Dreyfus case,” by officially announcing his belief that "Mooney was convicted justly” and is “guilty of the offense charged against him." Rolph claims to have studied the case with “an open mind," for five months. That he sought excuses instead of justice is shown by the fact that he points to the legalistic blunders of the courts and the decisions of three former Governors. Rolph says nothing of the intercession of two federal commissions under President Woodrow Wilson that saved Mooney from the gallows; nothing of the experts of the Wickersham commission, who found this trial reeking with “flagrant violations of the statutory laws of California by both police and prosecution;” nothing of the fact that every living Mooney juror has appealed for .executive clemency; nothing of the statement of Mooney's trial judge, Judge Franklin Griffin, that the Mooney trial in his court was “the dirtiest job ever put over”; nothing of Griffin’s statement to Federal Judge Kenyon that, of the only four witnesses who connected Mooney with the dynamiting, three were “wilful and deliberate perjurers”; and the fourth was not within ninety miles of the scene of the crime; nothing of the statement of the captain of detectives, who built the case, that. Mooney had not been given his rights; nothing of the perjury confessions of MacDonald and Estelle Smith and the proved perfidy of other witnesses. But these things are known to the world. Unfortunately, they are known to millions of people, already stirred with bitter thoughts about the double standard of our justice. Governor Rolph's ill-considered decision will matter not so much to Mooney. He expected the decision. It matters mightily to the United States, for it will spread social unrest. It proves that in one state, at least, justice is not available for a working man. The fight for Mooney s pardon must go on. And it will go on, until California elects a just and fearless man as its Governor. “Our Man’* “Mr. Hoover is our man." says the dry leader, Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, after calling at the White House. A state of mind that makes the leader of any group in this country, wet or dry, labor or capital, religious or fraternal, regard the President of these United States as “our man,” instead of the whole nations man—that state of mind typifies one of the most dangerous tendencies in our democracy. We have been trending away steadily from true democracy. Away from a government of all the people, for all the people, and by all the people, to a government by blocs and cliques, a government for classes; a government in which the loudest and moat potent lobby gets what it wants, and the great, unorganised rank and file get nothing, except the privilege of paying the bill. That trend is symbolized in the language of Mrs. Peabody—“Mr. Hoover is our man.”

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Democratic Statesmanship: No one will miss tne significance of the statements by Democratic leaders In congress advocating diplomatic recognition and better trade relations with Russia. Along with hundreds of business leaders, these Democratic spokesmen see Russian trade as one key to business revival. They also know that resumption of normal Amer-* ican-Russlan relations would do more than anything else to stop the Japanese militarists who are threatening war against Russia—a clash which might lead to world war. Senator Joseph Robinson, member of the foreign relations committee and Democratic leader in the senate, and Representative Henry T. Rainey, Democratic floor leader in the house, are displaying statesmanship. “As one feature in the policy of promoting amicable international relations and stimulating our foreign commerce,” Robinson says, “I believe that prompt consideration should be given now to establishment of diplomatic and trade relations with Russia. “Such course does not, in my opinion, involve approval of the political policies of the Soviet republic. It means the application of well-established principles of international law, as well as recognition of the significance of export trade to the problem of unemployment, now the most acute of all our difficulties.” “Because of our foolish policies, we rapidly are lasing our Russian trade,” says Rainey, who recently made an 8,000-mile trip of investigation in Russia. “The charge of ‘forced labor’ in Russia is not borne out by the facts.” Rainey explains America's anti-Russian policy is “due to studied propaganda, conducted by czarist Russians.” “We certainly have been misled. And it is costing us millions in money.” Truck Regulation The interstate commerce commission’s new recommendations for federal bus regulation should spur congress to act. The Issue has been raised for years. A bill passed one house of congress last session, failing in the other. In both now, and particularly in the senate, bus bills are being considered. The commission, set up to regulate railroads, shows again that it is fully aware of the difficulties facing the steam carriers, its critics notwithstanding. Msot interesting of the I. C. C.'s recommendations is that for licensing of trucks. The commission apparently regards this as a tentative step, but one that ought to be taken as a basis for further regulation, if any. At first thought, this seems to be a fair way of reaching the common carriers that transport so much goods on roadbeds highways —we all pay for. Eventually there must be federal regulation of trucks. The commission's whole idea of regulating competitors of the railroads was expressed tersely and fairly in its last annual report. It said then: “With respect to the competing transportation agencies now exerting an adverse effect upon railroad earnings. . . . Undoubtedly there is much which may be done with general advantage along these lines to place such competition upon a fair basis, to minimize purely destructive competition, to stabilize rates with benefit to general industrial conditions, and to promote proper co-ordination of all transportation agencies.” A Chicago judge says women are better drivers than men. He didn’t make it clear, however, as to whether he meant front-seat or back-seat. Representative La Guardla says he heard more than a week ago that stocks were going down. He’s way behind. We’ve been hearing that for two years! Baseball may not be a producing industry, but at least it has given us something to talk about besides the depression. Roosevelt must be nearsighted. That's almost obvious from the way he has been running through all the stop signs. The state department refuses to recognize the fact that a government exists in Manchuria. And for once, it looks as if the state department was right! Buy an automobile, says President Hoover. He’s changed his tune. Three years ago he told us to buy two automobiles. If congress is so good at balancing budgets, why not get it to work on the working man's budget? The old slogan, “Buy a Botts and save the differ - encehas been changed to “Twelve notes instead of twenty.” Thp man who built a two-car garage in 1928 was foresighted after all. He keeps the car on one side and lives in the other.

Just Every Day Sense aV MRS. WALTEB FERGUSON

ACCORDING to William Allen White, famous Kansas editor, the world is getting romantic and sweet again. If this be true, then we only can pray that it wall not get so sweet and romantic as it was when Mr. White was a lad. A healthy rebellion against the sticky sentimentalism of past generations is what has caused ou: present blase and equally unnatural state of mind. It seems impossible for Americans to avoid extremes. The pendulum of our -ideals seldom hangs at any safe middle place. Most of the blah we havp had to listen to lately from our dirty-minded folks is a direct reaction against the blah w’hich we heard so long from the sugary sentimentalists of yesterday. And while we can deplore the fact that a good deal of our entertainment and literature is sordid and ugly, we may thank our stars that it is no longer the essence of falseness that the ’nineties fostered. m * u MORE harm has been done in this country by the cheap tawdriness of mock heroics and mock modesty and mock sentiment than ever has come from the naked truth, however hideous. The Jazz age. which is passing, has stripped the tinsel from marriage, from the home, from society in general. It has tom away the fake glory from war. And if for no other thing, it should be held in everlasting esteem for that. It has shown us the small hypocrisies with which we bolstered up our materialistic behavior and which we dressed up so smartly in romantic garb. It has disclosed the dirt underneath the gilt of our civilization. The women of the world should feel especially grateful for this era of disillusion. It has crowned us with personal pride and made us aware of our natural selves. We no longer are merely wives and mothers. We are people.

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M. E. Tracy Says:

\We Are About Through With M an u f actured Rainbows. | That's the Most Reliable Sign of a Turn in the Tide. NEW YORK. April 22—There are unmistakable signs of recovery. They go back to a basic change of attitude toward certain important problems. This country has turned against prohibition. Recognition of Russia Is no :ongler regarded as unthinkable. Speculation has ceased to be looked upon as the great secret of prosperity. The plot of debt, which was rigged around the Idea that Germany would, and could, pay everybody’s bill, after losing the war, has about run Its course. Politicians are actually admitting that it may be necessary to reduce the cost of government. All this represents a profound alteration of viewpoint. Nothing short of a depression could have brought it about. m m m We Lost Our Heads SENSIBLE folks warned us that prohibition would only lead to bootlegging. We did not believe them. W e were too hot with idealism. Level-headed business men, as well as progressive thinkers, told us that we ought to recognize Russia. We wouldn’t. We were too prosperous. We didn’t need the extra trade. Experienced bankers told us to buy bonds, mortgages, or preferred stock. We laughed at them. We were making money too fast and too easily on Wall street. Shrewd salesmen, misusing the bankers’ advice, loaded some of us down with European securities. We fell for it like a bunch of suckers, never pausing to think that the whole reparations set-up was a mere house of cards and that the financial structure resting on it was bound to collapse. As to the cost of government, we gloried in its rise, pointed to it as an evidence of progress, bet on it as a guarantee of still better times. mm m World-Wide Folly WOULD we have realized our mistakes if the crash hadn’t come? Would we have seen the desirability of promoting Russian trade, stopped buying stocks that were boosted out of all reason, or realized the danger of a racket financed by bootlegging? We would not. We would have gone right on, content with the sham and illusionment, sinking deeper in the mire, but without suspecting it. Every country has tried to alibi iself with regard to this depression by asserting that it was due to world-wide conditions. That is true is one sense, but most of the conditions hark back to world-wide folly. It is hard to review what has occurred since 1918 without believing that humanity was shell shocked. mum Signs of Change BUT we are coming out of it. Only two members of President Hoover’s cabinet are dry. What was the score three years ago? Even Senator Robinson thinks we might do worse than send an ambassador to Moscow. What did we think in 1928? General Charles G. Dawes describes operations on the New York Stock Exchange as picayunish and as magnified out of all proportion to legitimate business activities. How would such a statement have been received during the boom? mum Horizon Brightens WE are about through with manufactured rainbows and artificial remedies. That Is the most reliable sign of a turn in the tide. Lack of confidence is, and has been our greatest handicap. It was a natural by-product of the crash. The crash showed us that many of our pet ideas were not to be trusted. We clung to them for old time’s sake, but without the old-time faith. That is why confidence could not be restored. Now we are beginning to scrap them, and the situation looks much brighter.

Questions and Answers

What is the total and the per capita wealth of the United States? The last census of national wealth was taken in 1922 and showed a total wealth of $320,803,862,000. The national industrial conference board in 1928 estimated the total wealth of the United States at $360,062,000.000, approximately $3,000 per capita. What is the weight of one cubic inch of pure gold? It weighs 10,168 troy ounces. Who was Euclid? A Greek mathematician who lived about 300 B. C. When were the first apartment houses built in New York? The earliest apartment houses in the United States were built in New York between 1870 and 1875. How high is the Washington monument? It rises 555 feet 4 inches. What are the words of Voltaire’s defense of free speech? “I do not believe a word that you say, but I will defend with my life, if need be, your right to say it." WTiat is the widest street in the United States? Canal street. New Orleans, which is 200 feet wide. What is the term of United States senators? Six years, unless elected to fill out the unexpired term of one who has died or resigned. Did Tunney earn more money from prize fights than Dempsey? Jack Dempsey earned considerably more in the prize ring than Gene Tunney. Dempsey’s earnings from his important fights totaled about $2,500,000. Tunney’s earnings from his principal fights totaled about $1,700,000.

You Can’t Put Out a Fire With Gasoline

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Snake Venom Prevents Blood Clot

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association, and of Hygeia, the . Health Magazine. 'T'HE diamondback Texas rattlesnake may discharge from nine to forty times the venom necessary to cause death at one bite. Following a bite of this snake, the patient suffers with shock and swelling. In a consideration of the subject, Dr. M. L. Crimmins has recommended that after being bitten by a rattlesnake, a tourniquet be put on immediately, to prevent circulation of the venom throughout the body, and that the tourniquet be kept on for four hours. Mechanical suction Is applied to get the venom out of the body, and the antivenine, which opposes snake

IT SEEMS TO ME

AMONG the important news items in a recent column issued by Walter Winchell, I discovered “and the whisperers would have you believe that Heywood Broun’s hairs are not really the hue they appear to the naked eye.” Once or twice I have observed excited little groups of people engaged in heated discussion on some Broadway corner, but I did not dream that the theme which held them enthralled touched me in any way. So many problems hang heavy over your head and mine that I hardly expected this subject ever would come up. And, mind you, I did not raise the issue now! But if the finger of suspicion is to be leveled at my locks I feel I should defend them. To begin at the beginning, which takes us back to the old New York of Jack’s and the Case Martin, I can remember when horses drew the stages on Fifth avenue and I had golden curls dow r n to my shoulders. I was known to my cronies as “Lilacs” Broun, and when altercations arose it was the custom of my opponent to seize some hair in either hand and tug his way to a decision. mum Beginning of Freedom AFTER many frantic appeals to my parents and guardians the curls were cut, and they lie now in some drawer as hostages to posterity. But even before the shearing they had faded from their brilliance into dark brown and before matruity into a somberness only just this side of the raven. When my fortune is told with cards I generally am identified as a club— the king, of course. I am to come into great wealth through the aid of a blond man and the queen of spades, and this good luck will be accompanied by a considerable amount of jealousy. Moreover, none of this is to happen until I have received a letter bearing good news and taken a trip by water. Eventually I am to be married three times and have five children, which leaves me at the moment two down and four to go. This may sound extraneous, but I am ehdeavoring to indicate that my hair, such as it is, has been precisely like this for some time. The Winchellian surmise suggests that I am touching it up to avoid silver threads or possibly that this same

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venom, is injected, all around the spot at which the bite occurred. It is believed that a large dose of the antivenine is necessary to counteract the snake bite. With prompt treatment, people who have been bitten may in this manner be saved. It is, of course, necessary at the same time to take care of the shock by giving suitable remedies for stimulating the heart. It sometimes is necessary to give a blood transfusion or to inject large amounts of glucose into the veins. The bite of the Indian cobra is particularly dangerous. When this snake strikes, the Injection of its poison is followed by a tingling and numbness of the body, paralysis, loss of the ability of the blood to clot and the other symptoms that have been mentioned, including shock. One of the most interesting phe-

HEYWOOD BROUN

distinguishedr cluster of white around each temple is a matter of artifice. In rebuttal I would argue that no man lets nature take its course and leave him iron gray if he knows any better way to improve his condition. My hair, both in its texture and color, may be a poor thing, but I insist it is my own, and if a committee of three wil step up from the audience I feel certain that I can convince them of that fact. matt The Heavy Hand of Time WHEN first I noticed a sparse spot no bigger than a dime. I took this sign of advancing years to heart and rubbed in lotions so potent and self-revelatory that my best friends had no hesitation in telling me. But about this time I read a comforting book by a doctor who declared that baldness was wholly a matter of heredity and that if one were doomed that way there was no escape in any form of oil or paste or beneficent suggestion. This saved a great deal of time and trouble, and the dime grew to a silver dollar. Indeed, I have given up all hope of ever returning to the gold standard. By and large it matters very little. Since I am six feet three, my deficiency is obvious only to those in the first and second balconies. While I was stage struck, this worried me, but having now reconciled myself to private life, not even the opinion of those in the orchestra can take a cubit from my stature. Yet I would have no one think that I am resting solely from lack of opportunity. It is a Sacrifice which I have made for the sake of journalism and the good will of my employer. Only a month ago an enterprising manager offered me a job as a master of ceremonies In a revue about to go upon the road. In a modest way which I use to be ingratiating I answered him and said, “But, sir, I do not think that I would be'very funny.” “You don’t quite get the idea,” explained the manager. “You don’t have to be funny. We just play one day in each town and then move on.” mum Among Ancient Symbols . BUT in getting back to the main stem of this discussion, I must admit that hair probably is impor-

nomena is the effect that the snake venom has on the blood. Apparently it destroys the fibrinogen in the blood and thereby prevents clotting. Later the poison acts on the cells of the liver and interferes with formation of this substance. Os course, failure of the blood to clot may result in death. It is important to realize that the earlier the treatment is given, the greater the probability of saving life. People who live in regions where dangerous snakes are numerous always should have antivenine available. It should be remembered also that large doses of this substance injected directly around the snake bite are important in recovery, and that immediate suction to get as much of the venom out as possible is another essential procedure.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America’s most Interesting writers and are presented withoat regard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

tant as a symbol. In folk lore it is associated with being masterful. No important physical change occurred in Samson, but when reduced from luxuriance he suffered a loss of confidence. The shears cut into his ego, which is a sensitive spot. I always have wanted to write a play about Samson. It is my notion that Delilah cared for him not at all in the days when he swaggered and slew Philistines. Only when he was reduced to weakness and captivity did her heart turn. She wept, I believe, as they led him into bondage, for now he became the proper subject of the maternal urge. I have experimented with no such refinements. When one lasts beyond the age of 40, he sees many things from anew perspective. As long as I can keep my hair out of her own eyes, it really doesn’t matter how it appears to others. (Copyright. 1932. bv The Time*!

Daily Thought

He giveth His beloved sleep.— Psalms 127.2. Sleep, to the homeless thou art home; the friendless find in thee a friend. —Ebenezzer Elliott.

Views of Times Readers

Editor Times—l don’t believe that Frank T. Baine Jr. intended to pay a compliment to the Republican party in his recent letter to you, but I firmly believe that he did just that. He credits the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to "their fertile brain.” To my way of thinking, the formulation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation has and will do a great deal toward the bringing about better conditions. Frank T. Baine Jr. might be interested in knowing just how much of the funds have been distributed right here in Indiana. In case he does not know, the figures run over the four-million mark. A corporation of this kind must of necessity work without publicity, and we can not expect it to “do miracles over night.” Neither can we expect business to do a sudden right-about-face. The reconstruction corporation is a sort of assets realization company. Only indirectly can the corporation expect to increase business. Credit is necessary as the very life blood of industry, and in the proportion that credit is reestablished in just that proportion may business improve. Not of necessity, of course. I say “may” improve, using the potential, instead of the indicative, because, after all, the betterment of businesss depends upon the entire country. It can not be brought about by edict or by any legislative action. No fiat of government can change fundamentals —and it is fundamental that business starts from the bottom—or from the top. In times of stress, people often look for some extraordinary happening to come to their aid. In their wanderings after the exodus from Egypt, the children of Israel many times had to depend upon some act of Providence to save them from utter destruction. It is recorded that Providence. Being mindful of the troubles of

APRIL 22, 1932

Isciencel ! BY DAVID DIETZ

Geology Teaches Us That tha Earth Continuously Is Un+ dergoing Changes. THE recent South American volcanic eruptions serve to recall the fact that the passive earth is not as passive as we sometimes think it to be. Cities east of the Andes suddenly found themselves treated to a shower of ashes as the winds from the mountains blew in the cloud that the volcanoes had let loose. Both the volcanic eruption and the earthquake serve to remind us that the earth’s surface is not tha firm and immovable platform wa usually think it to be. The volcanic eruption and tha earthquake horrify mankind by their dramatic suddenness. All at onca the earth begins to tremble and shake, wrecking buildings and destroying cities. Suddenly, the volcano begins ta pour out a flood of molten lava, swallowing farms and villages. But to the geologist these events are not sudden. They are the visual climaxes of processes going on in the interior of the earth all tha time. This is the lesson that geology teaches us. The earth continuously is undergoing change. m m m Two Sets of Forces WHILE there is remarkably littla geology to be found in Biblical writings, there is some indication that the work of the forces of nature upon the surface of the earth had been noticed slightly. Thus, for example, in Job xxiv, 19, we read, “The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth.’* and in Ezekiel xxxix, 20, we read, “And the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.” Today, we know that thee# two. passages symbolize the two greata sets of forces continuously at work upon the surface of the earth. One set of forces, the one noted by the writer of Job. are known today as forces of erosion. As the author of Job observed, the water* wear away the stone. The forces of erosion include the. atmosphere, the wind, the rain, the rivers, and the oceans. They tend to wear away the land, causing tha rocks to crumble and transporting the debris into the ocean. If the forces of erosion were the only ones at work, they would succeed eventually In leveling off hills and mountains, until the continents were vast smooth planes, flooded for the most part by the waters of tha oceans. But the forces of erosion are not the only ones at work. They are opposed by the forces whose work was noted by Ezekiel, the forces which can overthrow steep places and walls, the forces which we know today are the causes of the earthquake and the volcanic eruption. We call these second forces f ,h* forces of mountain-building. m m u Mountain Building THE earthquake and the volcanic eruption are the occasional outbreaks of the forces of mountain - building which always was at work. These forces uplift continents and buckle them up into great mountain ranges, counteracting the forces of erosion which otherwise would level off the continents until they were flooded by the waters of the oceans. These forces which buckle up the continents, and incidentally mav cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, originate in contraction* of the earth’s crust. It has been assumed general!* that this contraction was the result of a shrinkage of the earth's interior occasioned by the loss of heat in the earth’s interior. If the interior of the earth shrunk, the earth’s crust would be too large for it. Asa result, great stresses and strains would be set up in it, which over a long period of time, would change the shape of the earth's crust. Since the continents are lighter rocks and the ocean beds heavier rocks, the adjustment would take place through sinking of the ocean bottoms dnd the consequent rising of the continents. More recently, It has been suggested that the periodic movements of the earth’s crust are phenomena restricted to the crust itself. Professor Joly of Dublin has suggested that accumulations of radioactive material in the earth's crust might explain the phenomena.

the chosen people, did perform miracles. No such things can be done bv our government. Therefore, the functioning of a government created organization such as the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, can proceed only along natural lines. If the corporation succeeds in doing things for which it was created, it shall have worked to the satisfaction of the great mass of the American people. GEORGE H. COTTRELL. M TODAY aQ /WORLD WAR \ ANNIVERSARY GERMANS REPULSED April 22 ON April 22, 1918, fight of great intensity broke out again between the British and German troops opposing each other in the Lys sector. German attacks, in the main, were repulsed. Reports that an early peace would be signed between Rumania and the centrol powers were current in western Europe. Rumania had been virtually a noncombatant since Russia’s collapse. Guatemala announced that It considered itself in the same post* tion as the United States in the war. This amounted to a virtual declaration of war on Germany and her allies. German losses since the beginning of the war were placed at 4,456,000 men by Karl Bliebtrcu, German military statistician. This figure was more than double the correct amount, and observer* in France were at a loss to understand it. Permanent losses, according to German casualty lists, were not more than 1,700,000.