Military Expenditure of France, Russia, Germany, and Austria.

HC Deb 04 March 1904 vol 131 c207

SIR EDGAR VINCENT

To ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state the total military expenditure of France, Russia, Germany, and Austria in the years 1900, 1901, 1902, and 1903.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster.) It is impossible to give the

	France.	Russia.	Germany.	Austria.
	£	£	£	£
1900	29,369,500	36,837,833†	33,426,500	16,664,772
1901	31,845,833	36,067,333†	34,005,129	17,096,368
1902	32,711,512	35,848,726	32,686,340	16,842,608†
1903	32,188,816	36,647,089	31,880,455	17,183,022†

The German Estimates made no provision for pensions, which are included in a separate budget and amount to about £5,000,000 a year.