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Show FRENCH CALM AS FINANCES WEAKEN PARIS Nov. 18 (By the Associate. Associ-ate. 1 Press) The equlnamlty wTth which th French people accept ac-cept a financial situation that would appear desperate (o a person occupied occu-pied only With the told figures. Is one of the greatest surprises experienced experi-enced by American observers these days. Nobody knows just what is the ap-nroxlmate ap-nroxlmate amount of the resources of France, nor the liabilities The deficiency In the appropriation bill vow before the chamber of deputies, is variously estimated at from five to six billions of francs, about the sum expended annually by France before the war. This Is about as far as any one gets tn trying to fathom fath-om li'e financial situation There Is no system of general accounting S.n. .tor Borenger, reporter of th" c n .te finance committee. said re-cently, re-cently, that even If Germany paid Prance her total share of reparations, repara-tions, the public debt of France still would be In the n ighborhood of 36.-000.000,000 36.-000.000,000 francs. |