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War and Its Alleged Benefits

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 15, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 33.

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War and Its Alleged Benefits

— The following statistics are given in a recent book on “War and Its Alleged Benefits,” by J. Novikov: “From the year 1496 B. C. to A. D. 1861, in 3,358 years, there were 227 years of peace and 3,130 years of war, or thirteen years of war to every year of peace. Within the last three centuries there have been 286 wars in Europe. Mr. Valbert says: ‘From the year 1500 B. C. to A. D. 1860, more than 8,000 treaties of peace, meant to remain in force forever, were concluded. The average time they remained in force is two years.’”