Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-02-05
WORLDS WAR COST
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS SPENT
ALREADY AND END is
NOT IN SIGHT.
EACH MAN COSTS $2.05 A DAY
Reported to Cost Germany and Aus
tria-Hungary Fl Million Dollars
Day-Wil Cost IS Billion
Dollars in Six Months.

An exhaustive study OF the cost OF
the European war has just appeared
in the Berlin Vorwaerts, a socialist
newspaper.
The military expenditures of the
British empire are given as about $4,-
100000 per day, or $637 100000 up to
January /. The cost of the war to
France up to December 10. 1914, is
given as 100000, 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 $9,2OO,OO0 per day, or $1,3SO,OO0,
900 up to January /. The expenditures
of the Belgian, Serbian and Japanese
governments are given as about ST.
10000 per day, or, roundly, $24O,O0O,-
900 to January 1.
The figures also show that it costs
the allies $2.05 per day to keep man
in the field.
| Figures by Vorwaerts.
The following is given by the Vor-
|
waerts as a table of expenditures
made by the governments OF the triple
entente and their allies.
Cost Total
| Per Day to Jan. /.
CT. Britain. .$4,25O,OOO $ 637, 500, 900
France .......... $4,000 1,4S6, 800, 900
Russia ..... 100000 100000, 900
Their Allies 100000 24O,000,00O
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 $3,150,00O,000 up to January 1.
Adding to expenditures of all the
nations at war the daily total is about
$45, 1852, 900 and the total up to Jan
uary 1, $6,S94, 100000.
1t is pointed out by the Vorwaerts
that from the French total expendi
lures so far made must be taken the
following loans: To Belgium, $4,000,
600; to Serbia, $16,OO0,OO0; to Greece
81, 100000, and to Montenegro, 500,
900, or a total of $70,100,00O, which
) would make the amount spent by thu
French government in military opera
tions $1,416,7 100000 by the close o
1914.
Years Total is Staggering.
For year the European war woult
on this basis cost the tremendous sun
of $16,676,130, 1000. Making an allow
ance for the cost of mobilization, blu
In mi nd hot onnAipp n
new troops into the field is in effect
lesser phase of mobilization, it will
still be found that at the end of yea
the powers at war would have spen
at least $16,5OO,OO0.
! In this sum are not included tn
}, economic losses of the countries no
the damage done to property in tn
various military terrains. The loss t
J. Belgium from the destruction of prof.
r erty is estimated at $4,000, 900, Will
4 the damages sustained by East Prul
}. STA are said to be roundly $88,000,00'
L No reliable estimates on the propert
|, losses in Poland, Galicia, Slavoni,
:. Serbia, Bosnia, Alsace and easter
; France have so far been obtainabl
Dut the IMPRESSION preNdlS lndI I
gether this would be no less than 81
3 00,000,000.
% To the cost of the European We
n must also be added the mobilizatiC
expenditures of Holland, Denmar
Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Ital
d Spain, Portugal, Rumania, Bulgari;
the cost of the Turkish operations
ha In Toto ~ 4; II
= of war material and the econom
a losses due to general disturbance
# the worlds commercial relations.