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Show STAGGERING COST OF WAR. Germany Has Spent Over Two Billion Dollars and France Almost as Much. Paris. The Matin summarizes the German and French war budgets up to March 31 as follows: . Germany Expenses, $2,720,000,000; receipts from loans, $900,000,000; bills on the reichsbank, $400,000,000; total, $1,300,000,000; deficit, $1,420,000,000. France Expenses, $1,759,000,000 ; ceipts from loans, $171,S00.000; naticn-al naticn-al defense bonds, $682,200,000; Bank of France advances, $920,000,000; to tal, $1,774,000,000, leaving a surplus ol $15,000,000. |