Show 1 I RUSSIA NEEDS COIN AT ONCE Debate in Parliament Reveals the Fact of Shortage in the Treasury Chairman of Famine Relief Committee Says the Government Is Living Far Beyond Its Means and That Fresh Loans Will Be Necessary St Petersburg The consideration of the ministry bill appropriating 2B 000000 for famine relief developed a sensation on Friday showing that the Constitutional Democrats havo finally final-ly found n lever with which they hope to compel tho government to surren dor control of tho purso stringy tho vital object at which they havo been aiming from the beginning Professor Hertensteln chairman of tho committee which reported the bill revealed tho Important fact that M Kokovsoff the finance minister Who appeared before tho committee made an effort to conceal tho despor ate flnnnclnl straits of tho government govern-ment He Informed the committee that tho condition of the treasury was much worse than believed and even Impeached the ligures given in this years budget made by M Shlpoff as conveying no adequate Idea of the real state of affairs He said the government govern-ment was living far beyond its moans And agreed that it must retrench but he explained this could not bo accomplished accom-plished this year Therefore It was necessary to make a fresh loan to covor tho famine relief |