Here’s Hoping SoJuly 29, 1905 In Russia’s Sea of Trouble, the Secretary of the Navy (Aleksei B
Here’s Hoping SoJuly 29, 1905 In Russia’s Sea of Trouble, the Secretary of the Navy (Aleksei Birilev), resting on a sunken ship, speaks to the Secretary of Finance (Vladimir Kokovtsov), floating by on a raft with a One Billion Dollar Loan. The caption reads “Russia’s Secretary of the Navy to Secretary of Finance - Well, old man, I hope you’ll have better success in floating your loan than I did in floating the navy.” Russia had requested a billion dollar loan from itself to potentially pay a war indemnity to Japan. See Also: Russo-Japanese WarFrom Hennepin County Library Original available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/6203 -- source link
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