Rm? 8.

CHARLOTTETOWN, l. " DECEMBER '12., 1969

‘ In the last 5,500 yea-rs, there have been 14,531 wars, for an average of 3.18“ wars ayear. In the last 20' years, the frequency

has increased to 5.2 a. year.

In the first world war, 95 percent of the -fa:tal casualties were members of the armed forces. In the second world war, 56 percent , were from the ' armed

~ forces. In the Korean war, 88 percent. of» ithe fatal : casualties were civilian. To date in Vietnam,

91 percent of the dead have been civilian.