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The Rev. Charles W. Wendle, D. D. of Boston, is the General Secretary and the Rev. Hem Chandra Sarkar, M. A., Missionary Sadharan Brahmo Samaj, Calcutta, is the Secretary for the Indian Section.
It will be the first gathering of its kind in the orient, and it is a happy sign of the times that the world-wide movement of religious unity is making ahead.
According to the Government Provincia! Bureau No. 28, dated the 26th September 1914, the Nation (London) gives the following estimate of the cost of the war, which is considered a moderate one :
Great Britain
France
Russia
Austria
Germany
2,25,00,000
over 3,00,00,000
4,50,00,000
3,00,00,000
4,50,00,000
Rupees per day.
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There have been foolish rumours regarding the likelihood of Government appropriating the deposits in the Post Office Saving Banks in India. The total amount of money in the Savings Banks in India would scarcely suffice to meet the cost of the war for a week, so it would certainly not be worth while in any circumstances for Government to take such an unpopular step. Equally foolish rumours having been current in some parts of India that the collections for the Imperial Indian Relief Fund are being made for expenditure on the war itself.
The money so collected is, when compared with the war expenditure, quite an inconsiderable amount, and is to be spent in providing special comforts for the Indian troops at the front, and for relieving cases of distress in India caused by the war.
Great Britain has very great financial resources and her statesmen are contemplating the possibility of the war lasting two years and costing more than 15,00,00,00,000 rupees.
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