Evening star., 1932-07-03

tQTV expenditures are OFFICIALLY
r given out by Quai d'Orsay as
~ around 1900 ,O0O0 francs
annually, will spend more
than 10000. 600 900 francs-or some
thing like S81O.2l5, ,946-on her national
defense during the calendar year OF
1882.
Processing to be one Of the most
oacific of nations, France nevertheless
is expending upon her military estab-
lishment more than 5000, 100000 more
than the United States and far more
than any other nation in the world. AS
a result she has one Of the most pow
erful war machines ever deVeloped, ana
one which, despite assertions 10 tne
contrary, is growing more tormloaO4e
yearly. .,. ,.,s
get and financial law for l932-3S re
Veals some startling facts. Camou-
f7sced away in the budgets OF the lot
eign Office, ministry Of interior ana
agriculture, the department OF eouca-
tion etc. are items totaling nearly
2 600 600 900 francs, and which are ear
marked for purely military purposes.
Actually more than one-third of inc
FRENCH governments expenditures foT
war are not visible in the budgets OF
the war. navy and air ministries.
IInNFT a law IGNCllNAg bfN'NoNN = -.
will change over from the fiscal to the
calendar wear after January /, 1888.
t,oY1seu,I.-stIv this years estim@:ss are
for a n.ne-month period-from April
1o22 10 December 81, 1892. AS
eiven out officially, the budget eStl-
mates for nine months are:
Francs.
War department. S,S5S'o ~ go
overseas forces. 4'53I I'ooS % cS0 6,o
Colonial forces. .......,..' oio o'o4o'ooo ooo
Air forces. s................ l,sl4 $3.50 o'oO9 O9
Nsvv 6epsrtment. 2.4l7 ,999,26
ro,.1 ........1o.112S5O464 $50 AGA
T.. :. Expenditures Exceeded
A. the above figure during the II
months ending next Decemoes France
Military exnen6it,res will total, count
3ng the items hidden in other oe-
I,aTtrnsntal estimates. l9.225,398,6 685
f~arcs This does not include another
biiI3or, francs which Parliament Will
vnte for strengthening foruhcatlons
hIonr the German and Italian frontiers
Comparinu Frances expenditures with
4hose of the United States (Which IS
supposed TO be unnecessarily eXtraVa-
CAN'T. the results are highly edifylng,
The American Army and Navy ouogeLs
for 1892 will be around $lO2,OO0,0Oo.
of this sum however. more tnan S4uu,-
Ooo, 900 is expended on purely non-mll-
tarv undertakings. The Panama Canal
administration absorbs $50, 900 900, har-
hors and inland waterways take another
S5O n0O 600. while nearly S5.000,00O Is
+he average expended annually on fire,
tornado and food relief, to say nothing
of the maintenance of national parks,
the Alaska cable, collection of San Do
minican customs, etc, etc, small ad-
ninistrative measures which have fallen
IN the lot of the War and Navy De-
nartments. While 33 per cent OF
frances national defense expenditures
are hidden" more than IS per cent
OF the national defense budget Of the
United States goes for military
The national defense bill of the
limited states during 1882 will be under
$500 600, 900.
Frances war preparations during the
present year viii exceed S81O, O,2l5, ,946.
Geneva VIII Seek Facts.
When the budget commissions" Of
the International Disarmament Confer
e1ce now in session in Geneva begin
o-lving into the reports on armamentS
expenditures filed by the participating
governments, IIle FICuCu cApEllS Will
have ample opportunity to explain
away" many things. Among them will
b. why items such as the following,
tucked away in various departmental!
estimates, are not regarded as military
expenditures. and why France, far more
powerful militarily than any other ma
ton, still demands additional security
as the price for even limiting her war
preparations.
In the finance law for 1892 and in
various budget estimates are TO be
found the following items:
Article 80, finance law, authorizes ex-
penditure for air corps reserve mate
rials, ITO, ,000,00 francs.
Article 152, foreign affairs budget,
provides for military chaplains in Al
SAGE and Lorraine, 123, 752 francs.
The Department of Public Health
budget sppropriates for needy families
whose wage earners are in the army
57.73l, $50 francs.
The Ministry of Agriculture budget
provides for purchase Of army remounts
(horses) 13747050 francs
The Department of Physical Educa-
ton budget sets aside for physical edu-
cation in the army 17,370,543 francs,
The public works budget for con-
Rtructian' Of strategic military railways
provides approximately 100000
Gapcs.