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on a careful weighing of the facts set forth in this book and in 



"Civilization and Climate." They must, however, be regarded as 

 merely preliminary and as in the nature of suggestive estimates. 

 Here they are : 



PopuLATiON IN Regions Where the Climate is Highly 

 Stimulating 



Our Allies 



England and Scotland . 45,000,000 



Canada and Australia . 9,000,000 



France . . . 30,000,000 



Belgium . . . 7,000,000 



Italy .... 16,000,000 



United States . . 50,000,000 



Total 



27,000,000 



Possibly something should be added to Austria, but if that is 

 done, allowance must be made for Russia on the other side. Since 

 Belgium was put out of the running at the beginning of the war 

 because of her small size, and since the United States did not 

 really get into the war until the summer of 1918, the war for four 

 years was waged between about ninety or one hundred million of 



