[95]. Sir E. Thornton’s telegram from St. Petersburg.
[96]. Lord Palmerston’s Letter to Lord Clarendon, Feb. 17, 1857.
[97]. “Russia is divided into fifteen military districts, which comprise also Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, the Trans-Caspian region, and Turkestan. The entire Russian effective force, including officers, artillery, engineers, train, &c., consists of—
| Regular army | 1,766,278 |
| Cossack troops | 145,325 |
| Irregular troops | 6,331 |
| Total | 1,917,934 |
By adding to these figures, the effective troops not levied in time of peace, say 100,000 men, we reach an effective of 2,000,000 for the war footing. The Russian militia, which may be called out in times of war, amounts to 3,000,000 men” (Harper’s Magazine, January, 1890), “The Russian Army” by a Russian General.
[98]. The Times.
[99]. The Times.
[100]. The Times.
[101]. “A disastrous bankruptcy was the result of the wars which marked the beginning of the century, and the crash of 1873 caused most serious loss both to state and individuals. The stock exchange of Vienna is one of those where speculation is not rife. The Budget of 1888 for Austria gave £41,335,000 as the amount of revenue, and £48,030,000 as that of expenditure, and the public debt as £83,091,060. For Hungary, the revenue was in 1887 £28,937,630, and the expenditure £29,547,853. The public debt for the whole of the Empire is twenty-seven millions of florins” Leger’s “History of Austro-Hungary” (translated by Mrs. B. Hill), p. 633.
[102]. “The Present Condition of European Politics,” p. 203.