Έκθεση σχετικά με το πολεμικό χρέος της Ελλάδας προς την Αγγλία.

even if the whole of her war debt were to be cancelled the Powers would still have displayed greater leniency towards their former enemy than to their former Ally. We reach these conclusions by taking as a basis the very same elements as the Treasury make use of to find out the paying capacity of Greece. Monsieur Tseukeros is submitting herewith a separate memorandum which gives all the necessary data for judging the financial resistance of Greece, and from these it will be seen how severe it is to consider -as we have already accepted that it should be considered - that we shall pay for our war debt, a proportionate percentage to the one which the British Government has accepted, to receive in payment for Italy's war debt. It must be noted that by receiving from Greece for her war Debt a proportionate percentage to the one received from Italy the British Government would be in fact receiving a much bigger percentage in proportion. Indeed if the British Government had fully carried out its undertakings towards Greece under the agreement of 1918 and had paid to the latter the amount of £12,000,000 in full, then our debt to the British Government, putting aside the war material covered by the agreement of 1918 would amount today to: 1) for principal ... £14,857,779 2) for interest ... £3,590,221 Total ... £18,448,000 And considering that the instalments which Italy accepted to pay to England on account of her war debt if capitalized at 8% will represent for Italy 145/1000 of the sums really due by her, it follows that we too ought to be charged a similar percentage for the repayment of our debt - Thus the British -14-