Show Russia is suffering for money to carryout carry-out her benevolent peace purposes toward to-ward Japan She therefore proposes to et her people pay into the public treas Un a substantial donation year by year from their tea and sugar money which trade it is proposed to make Govern icntaf monopolies The trade in spirit uous liquors Is now a public monopoly which yields half a billion rubles revenue reve-nue in the direct sales and the indirect exactions Peace comes fully as high us war when it is pursued on the scale that Russia Is pursuing it but then nee what joy It must be to the people to contribute to so noble and generous IL purpose And as the tea and sugar monopoly is expected to yield cven more than the liquor monopoly a round billion bil-lion rubles 500000000 and < a trifle over is I easily in sight from this source Happy Russian people who are able to preserve the peace of the world at so small a comparative cost |