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Show i GERMAN DEBT ENORMOUS ONE Four Times as Large as United States $379 Per Capita to $25 in America. WASHINGTON, April 20 Germany Ts four times deeper in debt on account of the war than the United Slates, ays the Liberty loan review Yet her population is only two-thirds as great and her national wealth is esti mated about one-ihird thAt of the United States. At the end of 1017 v-ejT v-ejT man, woman and child in Germany bore, on an average, $379 of public debt while the per capita public debt of the United States is about $25. "Look well at these figures, " says I the review, "and see why it should not be such a great task for the people of this country within the next two weeks to oversubscribe this $3,000,- 000. 000.000 loan of ours a billion or two. But to do it will require your subscription. Germany's national debt last De cember was reported as $25,408,000,000 of which $24,343,000,000 has developed since the war started. The United States public debt before the third loan campaign started was about $7.-758.O00.OOu $7.-758.O00.OOu of which the 15,088,000,000 of the first and second loans represent the bulk of the war debt. Money Will Stay in United States. "11 is debt we owe ourselves, however." how-ever." observes the statement. "When we pay the debt the money will stay in the country. If isn't like tribute to a foreign power. We, the nation, will pay our debt when these Liberty bonds fall due. Germany's seven war 1. p.inv. affording to th' Liberty loan re view, have been reported as follows: Number of Subscribers Amount First 1.257,235 $1,060,000,000 Second 2.601.060 2.1SO.0OO.0OO Third 3.966.418 2.890.000.000 Fourth 5,279.645 2.560.000.000 Fifth 3,809.976 2.540.000.UO0 Sixth 6,768.082 3.690.000,000 Seventh 5.213.373 3.000.000,000 Austria-Hungary's Debt. Austria-Hungary's public d-bt re-ec-nlly was $ 1 fMilS.uiiO.OliO, of which all but $3,9So,mmmmhi has crown up since the war and most has been raised J from popular loans. America's allies also have had Liberty Lib-erty loans of their own and all have raised proportionately more than the people of the United States have been called on to produce. Great Britain's j public debt is above $27,636,000,000. Frances $22,227,000,000. Italy's $6.-676.000.000. $6.-676.000.000. War has caused the bulk of these' and from the pockets of the people has come most oi the money to keep the war machinery going |