Show russia couns COST OF THE RECENT WAR cost of ons against the japanese Is estimated at one bil lion and fifty mill on dollars st petersburg the budget statement for which was made q on friday shows that it will be u sary to raise by credit op rations to balance the eselma ed ro and expenditures thi utter include for the i tion of the expenses of the ja pan war the repatriation of foils in the fir east and the reduction t the arm to a peace tooting for the arst time the total cost of the war 1 0 Is revealed the credit operations to balance the budget include the recent author of foo in treasury bonds 5 of which have al ready been used to renew the men dels sohn loan and the credit of which former finance minis ter kol is now negotiating in pans the primary object of the lat ter the proceeds of which will be re bained in paris Is understood t be the maintenance of the stability of the ruble |