ALLIES IN GERMANY
COST OF OCCUPATION, SOME BIG FIGUnKS. (Australian and NX OahU Assn. LONDON. Sfipl. I'.'. The Daily Telegraph's Paris correspotulent says the cost of the armies ol occupation between the armistice and May t totals 5,000,000,000 francs (roughly £2 5 0. 0 0 0,0 00 ;. made up thus: America 278.000,000 dollars (approximately £55,(>00.000 , France 2,.”>0’i.000,000 rfrancs (fit 5,200.000 . Britain £52,000.000, Belgium .'ITS.tiOO.OOO francs (£18.000,0001. Italy 15,000,000 francs (£750,000;. The daily cost of each soldier works out: America a A dollars, Britain 15 francs, France 15 \ francs. Belgium 15A francs, Italy 22 francs.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14756, 21 September 1921, Page 2
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