Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-31
EXPENSE OF WAR
IS STAGGERING
End of First Year Will Find It
Has Cost at Least $16,-
500, 100000
DAILY TOTAL s45,ee2,ooo
This Is for Actual Outlay, and
Doesn't Include Economic
Losses.

TIE HAGUE. January 3o-An ex-
haustive study Of the cost Of the Euro
pean war has just appeared in the
Berlin Vorwacrts. Socialist news
paper.
The military expenditures OF the
British empire arc given as about
s4.2500o0 per day. or s637. 100000 up
10 January !. The cost OF the war to
France up TO December 10. 1914, is
given as s1.2ss.200. 600. or. difference in
time considered. moro than twice the
amount spent by Great Britain.
Taking the Russian expenditures TO
November IL as basis. II is shown
that the Russian campaign has so far
COS, 100000 per day. or $3.50. 900. 900
up to January ]. The expenditures of
tho Belgian, Serbian and Japanese gov
'tnincnts arc given as about sl,GO0.0o0
per day, or roundly s2io.ooo.ooo up TO
January !.
The figures also show that II costs
the allies sos per day to keep a man
in tho fclt
The following is given by tho Nor-
wacrts rs a table OF expenditures made
by tho governments OF tho triple
entente and their allies:
War Cost Total TO
Country Per Day January
Great Britain. .s4.25o.ooo $1,000. 900
France .... $4,000 l.4sG.SO0.000
Russia ...... 100000 l.3sO.000. 900
Thor allies. 49,. 600 oo 100000, 900
No detailed amounts are given in re-
lation TO the cost OF the war TO Ger
many and Austro Hungary. The state
nent is made. however. that tho cost
for tho two is s2l,O0o,o0o per day. or
81. "o. 600 600 up TO January |.
Adding 10 expenditures OF all the
nations at war. the daily total is about
'i5,a52ooo. and the :otal UP TO Jan
nary !. ss.s9i,a0o 900.
II is pointed out b. the Norwacrts
that from the French total cxpendi-
lures SO far made must be taken the
following loans: to Belgium. $4,000.
600; TO Serbia. 10000. 300: to Greece.
si.ocooco. and TO Montenegro. 500
GOO. or total of s7O.Ioo,ooo. which
would make the amount spcn, by the
French government IN military opera
tons tl.4l6.I 100000 by the close Of 1914
For year the European war would
on this basis cost the tremendous sun,
of siG6I6,130.00o. Making an allow
ancc FOR the cost OF mobilization but
Keeping In mind that the sending OF
new troops into the field is in cncc;
lesser phase Of mobilization. it will
still he found that at the end of a
wear tho powers AT war would have
spent st lcas, $4,000. 600. 600
IN this sum ar" not included the
economic losses of tho countries nor
tho damage done TO property in the
various military tcrrains. The loss 10
Belgium from the destruction OF prop
crty is estimated M sl33000.0oo. while
III" damages sustained by East Prls-
:la arc said 10 be roundly SIS 600 900
No reliable estimates on the property
losses In Poland. Calicia Slayonia
Serbia. Bosnia. Alsacc and Eastern
France have so far been obtainablc.
,ut tho impression prevails that to-
Gcthcr this would be no less than 81
400. 200 600
To tho cost OF the European war
must also he added the mobilization cx-
rcnditu.cs OF Holland, Denmark
Sweden Norway. Switzerland. Italy.
Spain. Portugal. Roumania Bulgaria:
In" cost OF the Turkish operations:
tho losses In naval craft. deterioration
OF war material and the economic
losses duo to a general disturbance OF
The worlds commercial relations