BRITAIN'S DEBTORS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17700, 28 February 1923, Page 9

BRITAIN'S DEBTORS.

REPAYMENTS COMPARED,

The Bankers' Trust Company of N«w York publishes an interesting table, based on British Treasury figures, giving details of the payments made by Great Britain's debtors from IUIB to . March 31st, 1922. it ia aa follows;

(*) Includes relief loans, stor«B, etc. (b) Repayment of amount over-issued by Great Britain for wool. : Britain has received considerably lesa< in payments from her war debtors-than has been received by the o,aited States. The nearest comparable figures are those of November 16th, 1921, for the United States, and March 31st, 19215, for Great Britain. The amounts paid to 'both countries by their debtors on account of loans arising from the war compare a» followa**-* To To tJ.fl. Gt. Britain. (To Nov. (To Mar. 31, 15,1921.) 1922) at par. Dols. Dot. Principal ~ - 163,743,911 192,»4,893 Interest .. •• 478,863,632 255,126,235 " 611,607,548 417,630,128 Great Britain, alone, paid to the United States 358,626,326 dollar*, or more than half of the amount .received to November J.oth, 1921, by tEe United States from all of her debtor*. In the past year Great Britain made additional payments to the United States amounting to 134,312,500 dollars. These Sayments made the total sum paid by reat Britain to the United States on account of war debt 492,838,826 dollars, which is almost 60,000,000/ dollars more than the total amount Great Britain had received from ner debtors on war loan account up to March 31st last.

Principal & Amount Intent ( Owed to Great Britain. payments 1918 to Mmch 81, Hatch 31, ■1922 s (a). 1922. £ J £ Franco u\ 688,992,483 16,618,861 Bucsia .; .. 656,199,456 7,284,040 Italy .; 6o»,oeo,ooo 8,006,-07 Serb-Croat-Slovene .. 26,697,661 69,693 Poland . < 4,012,986 (b) 661,644 Boumania ; j 11 24,2*S,CG6 209,^60 Portugal ;; .. 19,414,000 I,7i0,90o Greeoe i. >. 21,488,157 2,880,776 Austria- .. •• 12,111,896 ' — Czecho-SJovakia 2,477,827 28,937 Eethonia .. 264,805 681 Lithuania ., 16,812 924 Latvia i > • • 20,169 ' l,21fi Hungary .. .1 liS.IDS ' 4,700 Belgium .. .» 9,000,lXX> ,7,219,013 Belgian Congo 3,550,300 &7&,*J3 Armenia it n 877,219 ■ '— Australia u u' 91,463,288 18,680,397 Canada la809,730 8,584,778 New Zealand 29,623,078 5,728,896 South. Africa «. 1/2,286,714 5,667,093 ' Newfoundland 400,000 75,736 British South Africa 1,950,800 292,771 Trinidad a . 488,120 . — Jamaica a .. 66,055 \ British Guiana 144,209 — ■ Fiji 210,124 3,201 Crown Colonies, eto. •1 — 216,034 All payments prior to 1918 »i ~* 18,876,781 Total :.' £2,017,219,253 £91,913,78*1