ARMY ON THE RHINE.
HIGH COST OF UPKEEP. GREAT BRITAIN’S SHARE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyright. Received Sept. 19, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 19. The Daily Telegraph’s Paris correspondent says the cost of the armies of occupation between the armistice and May 1 totals 5,000,000,000 francs, made up thus: America, 278,000.000 dollars; France, 2,304,000,000 francs; Britain. £52,000,000; Belgium, 378,000,000 francs; Italy, 15,000,000 francs.
The daily cost of each soldier works out as follows: America, 4| dollars; Britain, 15s; France, 15J francs; Belgium, 15J francs; Italy, 22 francs.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1921, Page 5
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87ARMY ON THE RHINE. Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1921, Page 5
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