COST OF THE WAR.

Otago Witness, Issue 3337, 27 February 1918, Page 18

COST OF THE WAR.

SOME STAGGERING FIGURES. War summaries at the close of 1917 show that Great Britain has issued war bonds to the amount of £3,400,000,000- France, £2,108,000,000; Germany, £620,000,000; Austria, £740,000,000; , Hungary, £370,000,000. The United States has loaned to Great Britain £372,000,000; France, £134,000,000; Russia, £55,000,000; Italy, £45,000,000; Belgium, £10,680,000; Serbia, £600,000. The men bearing arms, according to the estimate of Mr Newton D. Baker (United States Secretary for War) number 38,000,000—27,000,000 oh the side of the Allies, and 10,600,000 on the sid,e of the Central Powers. Eleven millions of the 27 millions, representing the forces of Russia, China, and Japan, are not actively engaged in the war. German forces ai - e estimated at 7,000,000; Austria, 3,000,000; Turkey, 300,000; Bulgaria, 300,000. Franco is estimated to have under arms 6,000,000; Great Britain. 5,000,000; Italy, 3,000,000; Russia, 9,000,000; Japan, 1.400,000; United States, 1,000,000; China, 541,000; Rumania, 320,000; Serbia, 300,000; Belgium, 300,000; Greece, 300,000; Portugal, 200.000; , Montenegro, 40.000; Siam, 36,000; Cuba, 11,000; and Liberia, 400. The casualties, killed, wounded, and prisoners, are estimaed to be: Great Britain, 1,385,000; France, 3,875,000; Italy, 390,000; Germany, 4,675,160; AustriaHungary, 3,500,000.