COST OF ARMAMENTS.
EXPENDITURE OF NATIONS. INCREASES SINCE 1913. THE LEAGUE'S FIGURES. By Telegraph—Frees Association—Copyright. (Received 7.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. GENEVA, Sept. 15. Tho League of Nations lias issued a document showing that, the following nations increased their expenditures on military, naval and air forces in their 1922 Budgets compared with their 1913 Budgets: — Percentage Increase. Britain ..■ B . . . 19 India 14. Australia ~ . . 17 Canada 7 New Zealand . . . . 148 Japan . . . „ . . 71 Belgium 82 Denmark .. ~ 33 Snaiii . . ».*.'. 38 Holland .. ~ .. 48 Sweden 20 The following rations have reduced their expenditures: — Percentage Reduction. Rumania . . s s . . 23 Italy Brazil 45 Franco . . „. ~ 7 Switzerland . . . . 39 Norway 14
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18198, 18 September 1922, Page 7
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103COST OF ARMAMENTS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18198, 18 September 1922, Page 7
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