Waste on war preparations and economic methods of securing peace : Economic methods of restoring peace

              1. WASTE ON WAR PREPARATIONS
Comparison between State Expenditure on National Defence and Education in 23 Countries.
Countries                            National          Education        National       Education
and                                     Defence                             Defence
Year                                    Total               Total               Per Head      Per Head
Australia         1926/27        £4,693,000     ----	                 17/2              ---
Austria           1926              £1,960,000   £1,169,000       5/10             3/7
Belgium         1926              £3,716,000    £2,410,000       10/-             6/5
Brazil             1926              £8,138,000       £332,000       5/5              -/2
Bulgaria         1926/27         £1,835,000    £1,004,000       7/7              4/2
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slovakia         1926             £11,697,000    £4,363,000     17/2             6/5
Denmark        1926/27        £3,191,000     £3,910,000     19/7             24/-
Finland           1926             £3,076,000     £1,798,000      18/-             10/7
France           1926            £31,510,000    £9,158,000      16/-             4/7
Germany       1926/27       £33,063,000       £766,000      11/-             -/2
Great Britain  1926/27     £104,420,000    £53,338,000    44/10          22/10
Greece          1925/26        £5,370,000     £1,076,000      19/5             3/10
India              1926/27      £34,952,000        £276,000      2/2             1/5thd
Italy              1926/27       £38,734,000   £11,803,000     20/-             6/-
Japan            1926/27       £44,216,000   £13,552,000     15/10           4/10
Netherland     1926              £8,571,000   £11,610,000     25/-             33/10
Norway         1926/27         £2,300,000     £2,963,000     17/5             22/5
Portugal        1924/25         £3,348,000        £946,000     11/-              3/2
Roumania     1926               £5,277,000     £2,781,000     6/-                3/2
Spain            1925/26        £23,777,000    £5,199,000     22/2             4/10
Sweden        1926/27           £7,745,000    £6,941,000     26/2             23/7
Switzerland   1926                £3,429,000       £302,000     17/7             1/7
U.S.A.           1926/27       £119,550,000v  £2,236,000     22/7             -/5
League of Nations Memo. on Public Finance 1922-26
NOTE: In one year (approximately) £505,000,000 spent on preparations for war.
£138,000,000 on education (by 23 countries.)