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Show NATIONS SADDLED WITH GREAT DEBT Washington. D. C., Nov 13 Saddled Sad-dled with debt the nations of the world are feeling, no less than indl-lduaJs indl-lduaJs the pressure of the "high cost of living " This Is clearly set forth In a report Issued today by the bu reau of foreign and domestic com merce dealings with th" national debts of the principal governments. The aggregate ag-gregate debt is upward of forty-two billions of dollars, an Increase of 20 per cent in the last decade and dou ble what it was forty years ago The debt of France is the heaviest of any single government Then comes Russia, the United Kingdom. Italy Spain, British India Japan. Ger many and the United States In the order named The debt of this country coun-try grew a little more than one hundred hun-dred million dollars in the last ten years The rates of interest on this Aft6t volume of Indebtednebs are a source of especial comment in 'ho report and range from 2 to 10 per cent. |