Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-02-05
WORLDS WAR COST.
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS SPENT
ALREADY AND END is
NOT IN SIGHT.
EACH MAN COSTS $2.O5 DAY
Reported to Cost Germany and Aus
tria-Hungary q Million Dollars
Day-WiIl Cost 16 Billion
Dollars in Six Months.

An exhaustive study of the cost of
the European war has just appeared
in the Berlin VorwaeIts, socialist
newspaper.
The military expenditures of the
British empire are given as about s4,-
100000 per day, or S637 100000 up to
january L. The cost of the war to
France up to December 10, 1914, is
given as 81 ,2SS,2OO,OO0. or, difference
in time considered, more than twice
the amount spent by Great Britain.
Taking the Russian expenditures to
November Is as a basis it is shown
that the Russian campaign has so far
cost s9,200,000 per day, or $1,3S0,000,-
900 up to January /. The expenditures
of the Belgian, Serbian and Japanese
governments are given as about ST.
100000 per day, or, roundly $24O;000,-
600 to January l.
The figures also show that it costs
the allies s2.05 per day to keep a man
in the field
Figures by Vorwaerts.
/ lie lOiiOWluS 10 given w Tic va
waerts as a table of expenditures
made by the governments of the triple
entente and their allies
Cost Total
Per Day to Jan. 1.
CT. Britain..-.-s 4,250,OOO s. 637, 10000
France .... 9,912,000 1,486,S00000
Russia -.... 100000 1,3S0,000,000
Their Allies. 100000 240000,000
No detailed amounts are given in
relation to the cost of the war to
Germany and Austro-Hungary. The
statement is made, however that the
cost for the two is $21 100000 per day,
or $3,150,000,00 up to January l.
Adding to expenditures of all the
nations at war the daily total is about
$45. 962 900 and the total up to jan
uary /, $6,S94, 10000 600.
It is pointed out by the Vorwaerts
that from the French total expendi-
lures so far made must be taken the
following loans To Belgium, S50,000,-
Q0O to Serbia, $16,000,000 to Greece,
100000, and to Montenegro, $780,,
600, or total of -$70,100000, which
would make the amount spent by the
French government in military opera
tons $1,416, 100000 by. the close OF
1914
Years Total is Staggering.
For a year the European war would
on this basis cost the tremendous sum
of 676,130,000. Making an allow
ance for the cost of mobilization, but
Keeping in mind that the sending Of
new troops into the field is in effect 6
lesser phase of mobilization, it viii
still be found that at the end Of a veal
the powers at war would have spen
at least S16,500,000.
In this sum are not included tht
economic losses of the countries MOI
the damage done to property in ths
various military terrains. The loss t.
Belgium from the destruction of prop
erty is estimated at s133, 100000, Will,
the damages sustained by East Prus
STA are said to be roundly $SS,000,000
No reliable estimates on the propert.
losses in Poland, Galicia, Slavonia
Serbia, Bosnia, Alsace and eastern
France have so far been obtainable
but the impression prevails that to
gether this would be no less than 81
400,000,00
To the cost of the European wa
must also be added the mobilization
expenditures of Holland, Denmari
Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Italy
Spain, Portugal, Rumania, Bulgaria
the cost of the Turkish operations
the losses in naval craft, deterioration
OF war material and the economi
losses due to a general disturbance G
the worlds commercial relations.