Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 290, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1918 — ALLIED WAR BILL GIVEN AT 120 BILLION DOLLARS [ARTICLE]

ALLIED WAR BILL GIVEN AT 120 BILLION DOLLARS

Bristol, Dec. 12.—The war bill of the allies against Germany is 24,000,000,000 pounds, according to,the British prime minister, David Lloyd George, who presented this and other interesting facts before a large gathering here today. The cost of the war to Great Britain was 8,000,000,000 pounds. _ Before the War the estimated wealth of Germany, said the premiter, was between 15,000,000,0000 and and 20,000,000,000 pounds sterling. So, if the whole wealth of Germany were taken, there would not be enough to pay the account Therefore he had used the words: “Germany should pay to the utmost limits of her capacity.” When &ue minisvcir vras «*(*• dressing an over-flow meeting he said Great Britain would be guilty of a great folly if she gave up her navy. A voice interupted: “Then watch Wilson!” The premier replied: “Well, I hope to meet him in a fortnight. I wHI tell him what you say.” “Wherever the request comes from, we are not going to give up the protection of -the navy so far as Great Britain is concerned.” --- * • f .z/i