France
WAR EXPENSES FOR APRiL. | allies wukkixo t:;:;ktiiick. DURATION Ob' THE WAR. "CURTAIN THIX(!S IN I'll JO- , I'ARATION." Received May 8, <i p.m. I'ari-s, May 7. If. Kiliot (Finance Minister) stated that France's expenses in the war in April were between £sli,flOO,'MO and £liO,(!o.l>,olHf, France giving Britain 500,000,(WO francs (£20,0110,000) in gold, for which England was opening credit three times as much for goods bought within the Empire, ill orjer to prevent outrageous prices for war goods. A single delegate, was to do all the luiying in foreign countries 011 behalf of the. Dritisli, Russian and French War Offices. . ;;4
M. ltihot only asked the Chamber to vote credit for three months, though six mouthy was the period last time, lie was able to state that cer:ain things were ill preparation which would have a considerable bearing on the duration of the war. "Of whatever duration," he said, "we are sworn to bring it to a logical end, and with the help of the Allies we will go the whole way." SUPPLY OF CORN. Received May 9, 3.15 p.m. Paris, May S. Tue Government i-s requisitioning ;<!* existing corn supplies 011 a basis of thir-ty-two francs a quintal. Existing stocks are estimated at 1 S,()!Ht,(!f!0 quintals. The ; State lias contracted for the supply of Ii.OIiOjCOO quintals before August 15.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 284, 10 May 1915, Page 8
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