London vid Bombay, March 23.
The Russian Minister of Finance a speech to the Budget Commitee of the Duma urged the pressing political necessity of a second Trans-Siberian line and of the Amur So Railway. Both schemes were such that they could not be and the lines must be constructed within the next five years. The approximate cost would be Rls, 360,000,000. Extraordinary expenditure on national defence for the same period would amount to Rls. 320,000,000. New loans and new taxes were inevitable.—Renter.
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