The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . o Si u QCO si Oi a ?. tH E-^ rx go •- O ?= UJ oS2 o (». THE CONFERENCE AND SIGNING OF THE TREATY The day was stormy. We left generalities; and the necessity ofarriving precisely at facts gave rise to hot discussion. Count Bismarckthen, with some signs of embarrassment, began to remind me of thesum of six milliards mentioned the previous day, and described it asvery modest, since, he said, the mere cost of the war came to fourmilliards. I showed him that
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . o Si u QCO si Oi a ?. tH E-^ rx go •- O ?= UJ oS2 o (». THE CONFERENCE AND SIGNING OF THE TREATY The day was stormy. We left generalities; and the necessity ofarriving precisely at facts gave rise to hot discussion. Count Bismarckthen, with some signs of embarrassment, began to remind me of thesum of six milliards mentioned the previous day, and described it asvery modest, since, he said, the mere cost of the war came to fourmilliards. I showed him that this was utterly impossible; that in France,where expenditure was all the time heavier than in Prussia, the costof the war in itself only came to about two milliards, which we foundenormous; and that if this year we were faced with a deficit of threemilliards, it was because to the two milliards cost of the war theremust be added at least a milliard for bridges, broken-down tunnels,roads to be repaired, necessary indemnities, railway transports, andfinally, the loss of at least one-third of the years taxes; that in nocase could it be brought up to four milliards; with six milliards therewou
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