, 1870-08-19

eyer been wAged.' This Is An !neyltabIe eonse-
ae Tae II i,aan Wa1 Of o 'as IL France i
ieaat go 0oo, though It lasted unity slx Wesks,
and Franco ulade no such effort as 8ne VIII nun
nearly al much on three weeks actual csn patgn-
ing and, In spite of requ!sitlons on Ill her neAgn-
buEs, recoursc 10 borrowing was Still neceaSaas NJ
make good the exhaustion Of her trensuTy.
" Nut Prussia IN 1856 was only bali the power
with which France nuw cnterx the lsts, all hsst
no equal antagonist to cope with It Is PLAIN that
II these previous Whrs, sleit u they were, were
60 r1pensyc, the cost 10 either colnbatant wAl
now be vastly In excess. What It may mount up
u we almost fear TO put sbt0 figures. The PatiAs
mepts OF each power have begun by voting credits
ilest large su,ns xlll b. mere iiistaslsuenss
"The only parallel we eau think Of Is that Of
The Az cs1can eiNl va, when t.e Notth, Wnsca BY
CT Pruss1a, Kept million Of men under arms at 8
cost or not less ihnr f20o, ,0oe d0 year. Much Of
rs expense was sasen =, os nh psy antl sonn
better oEHa1Izatipn Of the coD1,atants l,.,w eli
gagged; but II nc Kay El0o 90 ,UU0 n year 10 secp
y laillon Of men lighting In Europe We shoehi be
.'Thu normal army budget OF elthes comba1ans
is nearly cls 1t0. .0os, aud var Will 1t once t1eh1e
an9 ILL., ~; y sna m ~ en IT, nns
account alone there viii he IN additional eL
pense Of rse, ,u 000 Or Gxs eoo 70 eac Ssa1e by
II is not eatrsrayant 10 estimate The wear sd tsr
OF = wa1-taa ammunition spent, the vunpowtlet
blown away, tue loss Of patf.is-the cost OF ttAus-
putt, tht extra expenditure for supplies in haste
TO be at least Iuuhle that Hlnpuat.
THAT the WET Will cost eaeh party from
f6,ooo, 900 to Elt, o9 month. ocsl1es lts or-
aiAafy var budget, is very Dao*4eEats calcula-
ton. No douhs each Eide has teen preparing
s!Hce lsC6, accuclufatlny stores 1taa supplies.
stctualnT fortresses; ;.and o1herulse anticipating
the current expenses Of war. Bu. the amount
mus anticipated would be \ nero Sri1c In the
Avtsh uutlaJ OF few Honsh1' tlKhriug. rae war
will lot last Mang weeks before uo;h conibaeautA
haxe snent ab9fs twc: y millions apiece. and IN 4
up y the hundred millions-
Both poHeEs arc good tor many months war,
eFeh AZ he Tremendous tatu of expenditure iu-
u spite Of the chruufc uenclts aud Increasing
uebt which have been characteristic Of the EN-
fsfe. french finance bias been drea'1fuIy nts-
managed, aud The people hare heavy taxes to
bear, frum which economy would have sare,3
them: hut when all !s said. the hari fact remains
mat there sill ts capacity 1T FEa,tec TO bear
elastic, al,' lew ytafs uatf~l luc easc will pre-
vide Tor good zeal ino;r Interest. To put ts.
annual ~, grvrsh At threr-qusr1crsot d ruioa only,
Fcars wonld nearly cover the annual Interest
y H. tis 81 lGa,is required for war expenditure Of
b. shc 70 .4or1oE al that at I per cent, hut the
Anticipation Ut anoaer ear or tmo. trcoycrJ VI
lSveaue would rcEsnis tho oreE OF higher rats
war, such ~ implied ny an e1pend,ruie Of
cseo, oen, coo in n few months, *oati probably
leave the comhasans IN sach . state that ec1n--
0ny III other expenditure Nul'tf hit be uilcuIt.
4: present the cost IT governing France, apart
ticfn the ticbt aud the departmental md local
buaRet+, Is svmesh,c= .le .as 10 ,9us = rca.; and
ln EuRtani W. kscnh kss Shan Et4 o01, ,kso, though
all cur salaries arr OIL ! tsxatr sca'c- Clearly
france Iced not be uat1unt hy IN addition Ut
eShs o! ten millions to The anaus! tntrsas vi lts
enus Is Elastic. Ii is true thai atte. such war,
i1a dcet, Hnica Is upwAF1 OF Esoo. 40 ,s19 nov,
Eanla tquN CT sqlpass that Of England: hui
thaa En1tauh wcs IN 1879
Turning 10 tsnsna--or, NJ NC shnuld rather
say. EsInanJ-Ee caa sec no trace 1t inability 10
l1ake It least al cIual cfToTs. The antAgpuist Of
Franc. displays Curious equality NTH il III IL
me.t all financial c,triiuons cxcrrt one, Ia which
{ q I @ s, % T.
untl The South German StA3t5 Allied with 1t nun-
l,tr about The thg.- d. France. The Cuaictrs4-
I!nn stscti includes 5'.Hv'no: Raoen. l.l5a, SEQ
HEFfeHlbeiE. 1,7tp,gtW. aud Bayast1, t,S1n,0n.
T,ta, g., ,6t7,asA Anil the la.l cea.us pf France,
IN l:G6 E.Fts rxac.'y the same n9ure.
III cs.nu'uIcss s1sanseucn, tue two couatTies
sEc, mcresrtr, the Eams: they are t"o-thr,ls s.:i
cn|tu'Ai, alki Though Germany has sure ships,
aEtl tnoEc cual anti manufactures, yet as French
sssisol;n1o ts naturally more pro',uetlge ne .Ho
The aggregate budgets Ut Germany, again, a2-
rrvaeh very closely that Of F. anee IN hntk. The
aud of the other staies El9, 'st0-tutal, cass
0r0, Geo which, With the smaller e,t pI Germany
-the one rn1ns where fsermaly Il supeFlcE-icAycs
as much rs In France for all tic purposes Of cav
ernlnent. Oddfy enough. the expenditure on the
two at.n,es ls about HE sAtur. Frs,,ce spends bc
tween thirteen and fourteen nil119ns sterling, and
Grnnaur between twelve Rpd thirteen u:liul.-,
no very striking difference, though IT
SHOULD be nUlId that tHe French have
lately had II grs:st deal of extraordinary expend:-
turc besides. But even If Germany IS not 50 rich
n Franc,, her Resources are mich lass pledged.
The total Debt tt the confet1etaten an! i;sutn
t;c,mat. States Is under Esoo 90 600. about one
ttrts Of thai Of FRINGE, so that theEt: IL IN trn
~ - 40 S.seo IL draw upun bBtore they heconle
- - Mue4teA a2 France now is. II cAa1tpi
~ aRnt' 1heh, That GefmsMy any u.1tc than
aIace, f., s financially nNtlt fur III" struggle now
"Ger1uany has ainalier revenue thun France,
lecause Its people tn Irupo.ti,1l tu their ultaos
afe les hurlentd aud 1t needs smaller serensr
seeause 1t has sess debit uni il Als,, mare econntn.
Sn ~ mi. maFgin viii h* 81 much the greater 1pl
S,1,n Inc resHnFFr nFFrntt:ctca struggle IT the samt
lara" -. - n1 r--nrt. Ar,. s,tfn thar tnn
cumi,atauts viii urs;ss,1s ssns'Lon s.~.s to 1t, nui1
atfI!e.- W "s--r OF The