, 1875-05-10
STANDING ARMIES,
Fourth Letter Of Ex.Socrotary
NfcCu1ltcllt
Tie Debt of'Fnnce nh Unknown Oman.
tllJ"-lts increase Under Eycty .
Form Of Government,
an Enormous Doht tho Natural Product
Of Standing Army.
10 ne Editor Of rths Ee,s Fork 74tsuns,

Of q standing Army.
To sse Editor Of ths He,s Fork Tribune,
Loshos. April II, 1s75.--ln previous lestcrl
hpoke Of tho debt Of Francs az bet6s ttgcf than
TINT Of ant other nation. 1t has been stated by
high authority that tho e1nct amount OF the debt
Of Franco Is unknown. It Ia vcrycertsin that M
iatntgens statement has boon published giving
tho preciso character aud cxtett other indebted.
hoAs. IL Ia currently reported that not long ago
high Official in tho Pronch Ministry Of
Finance remarked that "thcre was not
sinE'o man In Franco WHO could toi
the exact ststo @, tLo National dcbt.'
mhonEn ~ u Gnown. however, to Justify Tho state.
htates ny Tho higher inserea. 1t bears, but also In
nominal amount. considerably larger than tho
ooht of Groat Brta,u anil |. Is interesting to
1'osice With What rapflity and under what circun-
Stances 1t has grown 70 Its prcsolt magnitude.
Ohtting all reference to its Increase aud fluctn-
Rtionn ~ ost]inr years. We find that 1t tile close
OF tho Frat Enpiro-aa Napoleon na1o heavy
reluiait'ons ufon the States which hs hst van
Tho rcatorel i'uulbonB wore Ill power 1t wAa
doubled. During the Orloalia reign ii wan con-
rlderaby Increased, and in 1878. at tho COM
10 s9oO, ,o0o, 900. The Hopubio added Saoo.0o0.-
Tug to it, and the Hccond Empire somo 81,5oo,-
t0]u,o Innre. At tlo outbreak Of tho Franco
tt"rnlh'i War it amounted to about e270OOlN,-
,,axnr,. ~ III, ;,,snnitr i ,as r.;sa ia a,
| Ing all clauses of indebtedness, to IN amount
mere t!iati equal to twice tho present doht ol
! tho United Statos.
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! Empire. when France was engaGod III no vary
| orl,enaise ssss, Atti ufnn thu country was In
roas4tiou Of nnc1 an,p"d psosperity. Even in
sono =" w. saGe, WI "ne Luz na!ua' ~
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