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THE OIlEGOH DAILY" JOUIiHAt,- PORTLAND, aprix. 1C19. f 1 i i f; Said Figures Explode Theory ThatMoney Spent.by:A "M EXPENDITURE BILL FOR F OVER 32 BILLIONS RA1C E Total tf Money v Left Behind by I American i Reaches Only Few Hundred1 Million Dollars.: , ; .... . 'fV--'' EXPORTS UNDER IMPORTS Before i the ? War This. Deficit ; Was Made Up . From . Incomes ! on Foreign Investments.'- By al Bett Mewrer fpeetel CiM to Tfi onmal tad The Jhfcf , CopyrtJit, tola, by Ui CMea Dafly HW C V Paris, France, APH1 23. There Is a legend among th doughboys, extending sometimes even to ' officer of . high rank, that money spent abroad by the 'American expeditionary force ha more than compensated franco for her war losses, and even mad the French people rich. I heard thin superstition - men tioned so often that t finally felt bilged to Investigate It. The following figures, 1 most f which are official, speak for i' themselves s - t - ' 1 I Let u glance, first, at France's pres ent finances, Her total war expendi tures to the end of lllf were IW.005,000-,- 000 rrancs (82,i2i,wo,ooo), w be rnttras follows: -. Taxes,- 21.000,000,000 . francs $4. 200,000,000) ; consolidated loans, 71. 0894)00,000 ft-ancs (M2.397.t00.000) i de fense bonds, 24,740,000.000 (14.828.000, P00) foreign loans, 27,651.000,000 francs ($5,510,200,000) bank notes, 17.880,000, 000 francs ($3,478,000,000). tXTESTMKfffS PAYIHt fclTTLB ! French purchases abroad between Au gust. 1914, and August. 1113, total 53. 016,000,000 francs (10.M3,200,eOO). and Iher sales Abroad 16.206,000,000 francs; (J3.441.20O.OOO). making' a commercial i deficit of 88.018.O00.00O francs (37,203, '.E00,000). ' Before the war French Imports j;slightry exceeded the exports, but . the lideftcit was more than met by the ln I 'comes from Investments of French cap jjltal abroad. Since the war began most ' of these foreign Investments hare failed ;to give returns. s0 this represents ainl ' another lose. j! The official report f loss by war de ijVastatlon, excluding H losses of raw iihtuffs, provisions or losses of revenues, j'which together reach more han 60,000, jlOOO.OOO francs ($10,000,000,000), show a Ijtotal of 7,T8.000.000 francs ($18,653,0, j000). The budget before was roughly !;e,0OO,0OS.000 francs ($1,000,000,000). The ordinary expenses for the budget of 1919 ;as how foreseen provide 6.0O.t)0.W ifrancs ($1,120,000,000) for the civil Serv 'ice; 4.000.000,000 francs ($800,000,000) for jjhe pensions and 6.600,000,000 : francs 1 $1,300,000,000) for interest on tha lbt. To this must b added the extraordinary Expenses which for the first trimester ' jli one reac -ai,vv,vvw,wv -. (00.000). -f SMALL ITS COMPABISOK 11 These are formidable figures. To find (but as against these sums exactly what . . " . ti.j.- kMkl lt ijtne American iwowib France la not feasy, but a liberal stl llmate Is 800,000,000 francs ($18,000,000). Add to this 600.000,000 francs ($100,000. ;00O) for the American Red Cross. 250. 1000,000 francs ($50,000,000) f or - Young iMn'i Christian Association, and estl- QUEEN OF ROUMANIA VISITS SON AT ETON, ENG.! WW - - '7 ' m .f U JL - . - fee BRITAIN'S NAVAL BUDGET CALLS FOR HUGE EXPENDITURE 1 Is John Bull Trying to Call Uncle Sam's Bluff, Is Question Asked in American Circles. EXPECT FIGURES TO BE CUT War Bills Considered Too. Big to Admit Of $746,000,000 Ex penditure In Times of Peac. The queen ' of Roumaaia oa visit to , Iter son at felon college, England. In the 0foU(), from, left to right " . -Prince Nhrholas tf Roumania, : Sir. fiUrtmi the tirint'R tutor, Queen Marie t eubtania and little Princess Illeana of jRouinania. Princess Mary xf England and Princess ttarte f Rowniania are ahown to the rears, 1 .a. - t - -- .. - " Mini - , matin i other - miscellaneous expendi tures at 350,o6eo franes ($70,000,000), we reaeir a maximwn tzs x.ooo.ooo.ooo Xfancs ($400,000,000) which barely com pensates Franca for - the .loaa of Income 00 caDltal invested abroad..:-.. ' Th total expfehaiturea of the allied armies In Franco sine-1914 are aatd not to exceed 6,000,000,000 rrahes ($1,200, 000,000). Moreover tt&ttl the end of 1913 these expenditures Wete never actually made. It was the French government which paid -for them against purchases made abroad. It was only at the beth htngvof the present .yar, when, for the first time, French purchases abroad fell below expenses of the expeditionary force that the United States government Was obliged to open a credit of 1,000,- 00,000 francs ($200,000,000) with the French treasury. The net result of th expenditure of the : allied armies has been an Increase m the number of bank botes in circulation, v S0CIALI3 TS 1 FOR M MEMB ERS E IN THE STORTHING Party Wrangles Holding Up Leg islation jij Norway as Is " . Done in America. GERMANY IS SARCASTIC :i-. IN COMMENT Off FOOD ELI F FROM AMERICA Article in "Der Tag" Reflects the Characteristic German Attitude. VERWORKED WOMEN NEED THIS TONIC iThis Minnesota Resident Was ;1 on ; Verge of Complete ! Breakdown When She !; - Tried the Right Builder. I Work is sometimes an effective med icine but the average man or the aver Here woman doesn't require a work pre crlptlon. There are thoutsahds. today t ho are on th verge of a breakdown be cause of overwork. In many cases their iconditlon has been brought on hy the ihecesslty of keeping at work when they jlrue of those who suffered from the re - rent Influents epidemic and were unable fio take sufficient rest during Convales cence. . -.- " V;" I It is these people Who are suffering oday from general debility. -They r-fa irue easily, food has no attraction for hem and when eaten only causes dis- retts. Other symptoms are palpitation f the heart, nervousness, frequent head aches and a general feeling of exhaua on. . ' .. ' - The proper treatment in such cases a tonic that will Improve and Increase )he supply -rf blood. Th blood tarries Nourishment to every , part of lh body Ji id when It la rich and plentiful It car ies strength to all parts e-f th ays em. The value bf thl treatment is II i..ttrated in the ease tf Mrs. J. XV. "peters. No. 8704 Shelling avenue, Minhe t ?v)iis. Minn. I "1 suffered for two year from vr iiork and worry, eaye, Mrs. Peters, ?and became extremely run' down I )ad k steady, dull, aching pain across he smalt of my back and when It wa evere I was very nervous. kept los S my strength and day's work cOtn ) letely exhausted me. My eyes had a ! H appearance, my appetite left me, t k ouldn't walk any distance without rest j is frequently. I slept Well but didn't I pern to be rested in th morning. ! "1 read of Dr. William V Pink. Piils I a newspaper and procured a bo. ,fter I had taken Oh box the pain i cross my back left m completely hd I en my appetite began to Improve and 1 regained my strength fcnd weight. - Vm o longer nervous, my sleep rests me jifl I can do a hard day's work without ( xhaustton. I have told Others about th j medy for I have great confidence In power to benefit Case similar U r. William's Pink Ptll r sold by i ii druggists, or direct f rtm the Df. " .'illiams Medicine Ov, Schenectady, N. .. at 50 cents per box, six botea for : :.S0. Write for a free copy tf the i klet, -Building TJp the Blood.'WAd. By Bassett Dlgby Special Cable to The Jcrarnl and Tt Chkaio Dail News. (Copyright, 1B1. by Chicago Daily Wew Co.) , ChrisUknia, Norway, April K5.-The political niws Irom Korway ha been confusing of late. For 10 weeks the work of the stofthing has been held up by party wrangles, obstructionist tac tics and reciprocal refusals to cooperate. Agency dispatches have already sum mamed' the tortious 'windings of tries proceedings. They have been due chiefly to the jflisaatisfactlon of th So cialists with the present system of elec toral districts. For instance, each of ChMstiahla's - five . electoral districts. With about 25,000 votes apiece, sends only one member to th storthing, while a village like Flekkeford, with only 800 votes, also elects one member. It so happens that "a majority of the small electoral districts are nor.-Social-ist. In many eases the conservative can didates are sent to the storthing by a few hundred conservative votes, while elsewhere a Socialist candidate loses -the contest though backed by several thousand Votes.-. At the ejection last year the Socialists polled tld.BOO Votes and got only 18 seats-. On the face of it this look like a genuine grierahee, and it is now so generally -admitted that it is almost certain, that a hew election Will be held In the autumn. Th Socialists want the change in electoral districts to some Into effect for this elec tron through a constitutional amend ment. One of their chief leaders. Storth Ingsman Ole Lien, expressed the party view when he replied to a question as to what, electoral reforms were desired. "It would be best," he said, "to have an equal franchise with a proportional election so that every group would get Its right, v The voting age should b lowered from 25 to 21. The storthing nrasi d oissoivea ana a new election or dered. Our recent, conference wanted ims election in June, but that is too soon for a mass of technical details must be Settled. The hew storthing bhould be elected at least in time t meet early in me. ' By JaaJaa B. We Speefid Cable to The. Jwttnal and The Cfakatb Uaily Mem, (Copyright. 191. by Chfeaco 1Mb KM Co,) Coblenz, Germany, ApHl 25. AO In dicationf how certain Oermans receive the American efforts to relieve the food shortage in their country Is given in an article sighed "Dr. M, P." published n Der Tag. Berlin, on April and re printed in the Third army- intelligence report. The article reflects the charac teristic German attitude that Germany deserves sympathy Instead of censure, "American foodstuffe, the article says "are gradually coming and In n. couple of weeks we Will have a bit Of meal and a scrap of bacon. But the Import comes in drops. Mr. Hoovef, th American food dictator, la hindered be cause to much of the foodstuff becomes rotten ahd it Is almost a piece of good fortune that so many people starve to death. That makes a balance, of course. People In America say that these d--4 Germans don't deserve anything beltel?, as they are a wicked people. They have a right to look : down upon, lis in the fitatee, Are not election corruption, graft and crimes rare? Mr. Lynch doe not work, negroes are not burned and humbug is unknown. 'Genuine respectable Americans and every genuine American la respectable-"-has an excellent account with God. .On his side of the heavenly account book is written everything good he has Hone that h ha gone to chwch and Sunday school, that he has given gifts to the fmorv for mission, etc including mil lion for the foundation bf Universities. This Is American commercialized Chris tianity. , However, account; are kept differently above and the debit Side is possibly Increased by each starved Ger man child until the balance stands on the wrong side. - And those regions can not write American bank cheeks to make the-account good. . "Though we are as bad as Mr. Hoover says, ven criminals condemned to death are hoi starved to death Jn Germany. German children die every day. from underntatMllon-K:hlldren mtg whom might have been a eteuben or a Carl Schur. r"" ' . Sugar Preference i For Colonies Only r - - By B. Vtt Thompson, fepedal tJabl to T nrt)t ami ITi Chleaco Ktf&ffithi. by Chtea foaily t5.) Kingston, Jamaica, April 25. -es received td the. effect that preference on sugar will be granted only to British colonies give general satisfaction. - The Gleaner newspaper nay that the British government is abandoning lis laisser fair methods Involving a hange in its west Indian methods. The paper also insist that lands adapted to, the pro duction of sugar, cocoa and edffee be devoted to such purposes and that if in dividuals stand in the way of -development on a great stale legislation should follow. - A complete bed for Infants has been invented that can be folded flat - for - easy carrying. . London, April 25.(I. K, S.) la John Bull trying "to call" what he regards a "Uncle Sam's naval bluff"? That is th question being asked to American . naval circles here, following published estimates of the British ad miralty that $748,000,000 Will be required for the next fiscal year. This is fust $4,000,000 less than the huge haYal bud get authorized by the United States con gresst pending establishment of a sat isfactory League of Nation. Grtat i Britain's first year-of-peace naval budget is more than' three times the sum she spent on her navy in th year before- the: world wais The 1913 1914 havat budget Was $231,000,000. Along wtin wear jifiainr Biggest peacetime ftavat Estimate leotnea i.thld ,irather Vague explahattohi - : ' '! V "This sura represents. th Estimated 1-e-qulretnents according to.. the informa tion at ? present available, -but revised figures Will be 'presented to parliament later la the session." v The British knrtouiiCement does hot feay whether the figures will be revised upward or adwhWard, but It is regarded here that England's , action Will likely hinge upon the peace settlement and upon what the united states intends to ro in the naval line. The best au thorities anticipate that Britain's naval budget win be ruthlessly trimmed, for tne country is m no. financial position td enter upon a peacetime naval pro glrifm requiring $746,000,000 lh One year. This Is three-rourtha as Vhuch as the entire budget fof all governmental pur poses fn 1913-1914. The nVal budget for lSrt-1920. if ad hered to, and enacted with the eivil and army estimate prepated, would make a total budget of $5,421,600,009 for the yeaiy not counUng seme $1,800,ODO,00 re J quired tO meet Interest on the bonded war debt. The total prewar budget was less than $l,00O00(K,&OO. Kbt quite half of the 1919-1920 naval estimate 1 set -uside tot bWKling hw Bhlps and : repairing and keeping In fighting - condition pi-eeeht warships. This sum is $340,000,000. ,For "naval armaments and aviation' $0,000,000 is set aside. -This gives some indication Of the importance which Great Britain attaches to naval avia tion. ; CFtor haval plant, buildings and repairs at, home and abroad $12,500,009 is allo cated. , The personnel f thft navy would be 2S0060, a reduction of 17,00 from a, war basis. For wages of this force $180,000,000 is provided. It i's confi dently believed, however, that the naval fore, retained will be considerably less than 280,000, after peace Is signed. KAISER,' KING AND ADMIRAL CAN BE TRIED PARIS, April t$tkee lnea are subject to trial by aa Interna tloaaP trlbaaai 6a lbs streagth ef th report raei wrta th pear rofefe y th comeitssten 6a tka respoatlbillty for tke wax- and war crimes t r ' WlUlara Hoheaiollerb, th '; It. kaiser, Ferdtsaad, ex-rzr ot th Balgar. Craad Admiral to Tlrpits. a thor of mtklets tT-boat Warfare. Geaeial - to Bistlbg, who was Ocrmkay't military governor ef Beiglifii. HUN UNABLE STRIKE LEADERS TO ENGINEER A GENERAL WALKOUT Dates Are Continuously Moved Ahead) May 1 Now Set as Time for Action. v , By Gordo Stile Special Cable to The Jonhtal abd The Chieasd , - ... Daily Ma (Cowrieht, ;tl. by CWcaso Dattr Kna Co.) Berlin, Germany, April 25. The great general' Strike Which has ben threaten ing to turn Germany topsy turvy seems unable to materialize. Every day Or two a new date Is set for tke calamity to fall, but somehow these dates come and go accompanied by a certain amount of flurry -caused by a strike of this r that group of workers but without any gen eral cessation Of labor. Inconvenience te many people and loss of wage to the strikers are the usual results. The banking strike, as well as the strike , on the part ot th employes in several large eh ops. ha made things dis agreeable, but I nave no faith In the promised and copiously advertised gen eral strike. There arc several reasons why I .think it cannot . be successfully engineered. First, ther is not enough Unanimity among the workers. There is nobody big enough to lead them. If the street car . men unit and. the cabmen follow suit cupidity lays the hand of inspiration on certain energetic persons who say, Oh, look! It we get Some trucks and cart ' all th people hem kt night we shall make a lot of marks." So they do It y i - Ih the second place, these strike are not due to actual discontent among the Workers, but are part of political pro grams, an th enthusiasm is of a sort generally worked wp by political spell binder, it lasts white the talking- is going on. As near as I can Judge the most discontented people tn Germany to day are those who 'hare no work to do. Most of the prophets I have talked with appear to have settled on May 1 as th great day When every last worker in the. land can steep as late a h wishes, It gives us a little leeway anyhow, Dry Wabweod and Infctde Wooa. treen stamps for cash. Holman Fuel Co., Main 353 A-335J; A-4956. Adv. Australians Bid London ; Farewell K After Doing 'Bit' ;; London, April 1 25.-U. f.--8!x thou sand . Australians bid' farewell to th mother country- in a pared through London Thursday. Th tfinc ot 'Wate took the salute at Australia hous. ac eompanied by Winston Churchill. Pre rnter Hughe of Australia and Field Mar hal Haig. - I . A reception and luncheon at the Man! Ion house followed, after which ther was a special performance at HI MaJ esty's theatre. Fourteen Australian avii ators flew over th parade, - Hug crowds lined the street,, giving a eontlnnnu demonstration. Men's Opening Spring 1919 When a nan buys this season to supply his personal re quirements in Clothes is largely- A coneern between him self and his own conscience. But whether he buys little or much, self-interest insists; in strongest terms that, above all other considetations, he should secure the kind of Clothes which he will know beforehand will Wear ' ' Choose v Wolfiidlej? Glotfes .and be assured t)f value in your Clothes. Present assortments of New Spring Suits offer assurance of satisfactory selections N O W styles that are true to type for men, young men and youths. ' The WohdV Store Never , MiarepfesAhts Union Store We Clole ; Saturday at 8 P. M. ffiiK and A Idee Hoffman Expected To Wrest Munich From Communists By Gordk dUlea - rpeclal Oibl. (a Tnt Imnm and The Chieace -- umj ewa. ' .."-v (dopyrisht. 191. by CUcace DaH Wm. ivk Berlin. GermanV. Anrll- ituJa m . nature of the cordon which thi i,"" Bworament nas drawn arouhd Munich Can be gathered trem the fctery 5 fey Cherles Tower, correspond ent of the London Daily MaiL Wh baa r"sL,'JrTirlr.. rom-that city. White it k w - wmnn, assisted by . .. . R troops, will Soon wrest th twn from th. mu,. "" mwn yesterday nc 2S32iT!M-JSr t0 pendent. The latter aa carrvi a number of dispatches WritteilbBei Dally News. At Bamberg th a aV" "I1.lh.cBt6d thia time 1t tn live. represent Afgentlh mSAufajMurAM k,t.-, I hT.n!?. h WSS IsaaMiBaBiBaaHaBaaMaMMBBaBaMaBaaaMaMBaBaBBnBMBaaMll , - - ...... . TONIGHT ONLY : ,' ''S'f' ' ' 11 ''J' ifJr a- ' w, t ' ' , " , , '- - . ' ' " . . 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