Show IF FRANCE did not possess greater recuperative powerfiuancially than any other nation under the sun the friends to the republic might find danger in the recklessly extravagant expenditures of the present government govern-ment The national debt already four billions of dollars is rapidly increasing The annual expenditures expend-itures amount to 81000000000 and the present year extra budgets are brought forward the latest being for 0000000 which is needed to carry on the preparations for the impending war with China In another country this shocking extravagance extra-vagance would be alarming for it could not fail to bring the nation into disrepute and injure its credit but nobody doubts the financial i ability of France whatever may be thought of the recklessness reck-lessness of a particular ad ministratien The royalists are professing consolation and comfort in the course the republic is pursuing pursu-ing They say that one of these days government must collapse when a monarchy will take its place and restore the treasury to its proper condition when Frenchmen will be proud and other nations have absolute confidence in its ability abil-ity to meet all obligations The republic re-public may go to pieces indeed the general belief is that it will but it will not be on account of the bad financial condition of the nation |