Against this phalanx of autocracy, twenty-four nations arrayed themselves. Populations of these twenty-eight warring nations far exceeded the total population of all the remainder of humanity. The conflagration of war literally belted the earth. It consumed the most civilized of capitals. It raged in the swamps and forests of Africa. To its call came alien peoples speaking words that none but themselves could translate, wearing garments of exotic cut and hue amid the smart garbs and sober hues of modern civilization. A twentieth century Babel came to the fields of France for freedom’s sake, and there was born an internationalism making for the future understanding and peace of the world. The list of the twenty-eight nations entering the World War and their populations follow: Countries Population United States 110,000,000 Austria-Hungary 50,000,000 Belgium 8,000,000 Bulgaria 5,000,000 Brazil 23,000,000 China 420,000,000 Costa Rica 425,000 Cuba 2,500,000 France[A] 90,000,000 Guatemala 2,000,000 Germany 67,000,000 Great Britain[A] 440,000,000 Greece 5,000,000 Haiti 2,000,000 Honduras 600,000 Italy 37,000,000 Japan 54,000,000 Liberia 2,000,000 Montenegro 500,000 Nicaragua 700,000 Panama 400,000 Portugal[A] 15,000,000 Roumania 7,500,000 Russia 180,000,000 San Marino 10,000 Serbia 4,500,000 Siam 6,000,000 Turkey 42,000,000 ------------ Total 1,575,135,000 [A] Including colonies. The following nations, with their populations, took no part in the World War: Countries Population Abyssinia 8,000,000 Afghanistan 6,000,000 Andorra 6,000 Argentina 8,000,000 Bhutan 250,000 Chile 5,000,000 Colombia 5,000,000 Denmark 3,000,000 Ecuador 1,500,000 Mexico 15,000,000 Monaco 20,000 Nepal 4,000,000 Holland[B] 40,000,000 Norway 2,500,000 Paraguay 800,000 Persia 9,000,000 Peru 3,400,000 Salvador 1,250,000 Spain 20,000,000 Sweden 5,500,000 Switzerland 3,750,000 Uruguay 1,100,000 Venezuela 2,800,000 ------------ Total 145,876,000 [B] Including colonies.