Show FINANCES OF SOVIET IN DESPERATE CONDITION w WASHINGTON Nov 13 Figures Figures which are are regarded as clearly revealing the desperate condition of at soviet finances in n Russia reached Washington Washing Washing- ton in a report bas based d on an article appearing ap appearing appearing ap- ap in aya or Economical Life published in M Moscow Moscow Mos Mos- scow s- s cow on September 28 according to which the soviet budget for 1920 shows an income of ot from 1 to 1 rubles and eXp expenditures of from to rubles This Is the credited showing with estimates from two departments de- de de de- missing and r reports rf ports rece re- re ce d fr from froni ni fifty different commis commis- now V ARRIVED AT According to the report these figures figures fig fig- ures on the condition of ot the bolshevik treasury treasur- were arrived at by consolidatIng ing the statistics sent in from the Various various various va va- rious departments and the fifty fifty- different differ ent nt commissariats The departments o of justice And national economy had hall no not t reported their estimates at the time tim e of the tho publication of the article The report gives sample budgets o of oC f the various departments as follows Department of food 0 rubles Department of education including propaganda rubles Department of communications 70 70 rubles Department of agriculture rubles Department of social affairs rubles Department of the interior rubles MONEY FOR FOIl PROPAGANDA The report continues The emphasis placed by the viki on propaganda is considered evident evi eve dent from the fact that the budget contemplates con con- templates an expenditure for propaganda propaganda propaganda ganda and education practically equal aqua I to the combined expenditures for agriculture agriculture ag ag- and the interior Further evidence evidence evi evi- dence dance that the financial situation i is s daily dally growing worse worse was was revealed a athe at atthe atthe t the meeting of the commissaries i in n charge of the different banks of Petrograd Petrograd Petro Petro- grad called on October 8 8 The mat mal subject of discussion was the lack o of t paper money It was disclosed that th the e demand for paper money which the th e first week of September had been rubles had increased In Inthe Inthe the first week of October r to rubles DEMAND I FOIl FlIt OIt PAPER lAFER The central bank of iss issue e according to the report has consequently been unable to grant the recent demands for paper notes and has been forced to establish automatic preference for military military military mili mili- tary needs Formerly toe demand for paper money was met in considerable part by individual banks s. s but now they cannot supply more than 15 IS per cent of oC the demand and the central bank of issue has not been able to ab absorb rb the remainder th Another factor in the situation i is d declared de declared de- de cia red to be bo the growing depreciation of paper money which has led to in insistent ln- ln requests by the people for tor paper paper paper pa pa- pa- pa per currency It has hag Just been decided to meet this situation by enforcing the decree of the central executive committee com com- comI I and require payment for certain tain settlements to be made in I kind with goods Instead of money |