Russia’s Growing Financial Burdens
Russia's Minister of Finance says that it will be necessary for his government to seek for new loans to support the financial burdens that it is called upon to bear. Russia is already very heavily in debt, but she is double-tracking the Siberian railway, largely for military reasons; she is making extensive national defenses, and also has to raise a large amount for famine relief. These extraordinary expenditures will require $75,000,000 annually for several years to come in addition to the regular amounts of current expenditures.