New-York tribune., 1920-11-22
Budget
Will Require
$4,20O,OOO
An Increase of $2,OOO,OOO
in Expenses for Mex
Year Shown i'm State.
ment Given to the Public
Reserve Is Exhausted
100000 Asked to Main
tain Various Commissions
and Technical Boards

Inc budget of the League of Nations
Tor l92l calls for an expenditure of
S4,2Oo,o0O, an increase of more than
s2'ooo'ooo over last years expenditures,
according to statement issued yester-
day by the League to Enforce Peace
The budget for the coming year is
the third to be made by the league, the
statement said. The first budget COW
cred the period from May 5, 1919, to
March 81, 1920, and the second from
April l, 1920, to December 81, 1920.
The first budget provided for an
statement explained, "but the states
invited to join the league decided their
accession so much more quickly than
had been expected that the actual in
come of the period up to March 81,
this year, amounted to $1,396,372 Of
this sum only $544,142 was spent leav-
ing balance of 1852 23O for the sec
ond budget period. The total expend-
ture estimated for the latter period
and approved by the August meeting
of the counci. was $2,O00,O00. This in
OF well-needed reserve fund and
S65O000 for the International Labor
Office
Because of the rapid development
OF the leagues activities the Secre-
tariat has found every penny of the
estimated appropriation needed and
has even had to use up the intended
reserve fund. This expenditure, how
ever, includes the first payment on the
property acquired by the league for
its permanent seat at Geneva.
The third budget, covering the en-
tire year of 1921, provides for total
expenditure of $4,200OO0, or, to be
very accurate, $1,000 900 gold francs
A dollar represents really about SO
poses it will be sufficient to reckon
! it at an even five. The appropriations
provided by this budget fall under five
heads:
Cost OK permanent headquarters
Cost of council, assembly and
- secretarlat '........... ....-,.. 1.23O, 900
Cost OF various permanent or
- CARNATIONS ................... 700, 900
Reserve fund Observation-Disclosures. 47O 900
Cost or labor office. ............ l 400 900
Total Observation-Disclosures. 81 zoo. 900
"If we study the sums provided
under the first two heads in detail, we
arrive at the following specific items:
Payments and interest on pur-
chased property. including op-
tions on several pieces of ad-
Joining property. ty.......-..... s271 500
FURNITURE ............. 100 900
Library. including shelving. A. 900
Print1ng office. ............... $4,000
halntenahce OF league seat..... 4I,000
Salaries of secretariat staff and
travelling expenses of officials 10000
Running expenses OF secretariat,
including printing OF official
ournal Observation-Disclosures. 155, 1000
100000 for Commissions
"Turning to the third head we find
the following appropriations asked for
those permanent commissions and tech
rical organizations on which will fall
the great responsibility of preparing
and planning the work subsequently
carried out by the league through it's
council and secretariat:
Internal tonal traffic conference. .$10O, 900
Financial organization ........... $4,000
Statistical commission ............. 10000
Bureau for the coordination of
tional organizations ............ 10000
+ Disarmament commission and bu-
reau for regulating traffic in
arms Observation-Disclosures. 1000
International court ............... 500, 600
International health organization. 45, 600
Mandates commission ............. 10000
Blockade commission, which is to
prepare the leagues "economic
weapon ..................... 5000
Repatriation commission .......... 10000
Supervision of opium traffic ....... 10000
/ Various commissions of inquiry 10000
Total Observation-Disclosures. sos. 900
AN international commission has
been at work on a system providing
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