THE COST TO RUSSIA.
INTERNAL FINANCE METHODS
(Received August 8, 8.50 a.m.) ■ PETROGRAB, Augijst 2. In tUo Puma, M, Bar]?, Minister of
Finance, said that notwithstanding the enormous expenditure, Russia-.has sue-' ceedeij not' only in deriving necessary resources from her national wealth, but filled the gap due to the stoppage of the sale of alcohol. The. war expenses, in 1915 would reach 7,242,000,000. ' roubles. The Government proposed . a series of credit operations, the success of :lwhich would, be undoubted, • because the : total; national savings .'had increased ,by ? l, ; 800,000,000 roubles;/which proved that ihe ", country's . resources were adequate for carrying out these operations. Their resources ought to be entirely .attributed to thY people's temperance, and he insisted that this beneficent and salutary prohibition ought to be maintained after the, war.- i
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8207, 3 August 1915, Page 5
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