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EXPENDITURE OF THE FRENCH ARMY
STRIKING COMPARISONS WITH BRITISH: DELUSIVE, FIGURES
"ALLEGED” REDUCTION
At the recent discussion in the French Chamber of the Army Estimates, there was a remarkable speech by M. Daladier, who made a scathing exposure of the figures put before Parliament. Various devices were employed to cover up the real expenditure and hide the real magnitude of French prepara tion for wur. The report presented to Parliament represented France as one of the least armed countries in the world, at least relatively.
The figure given of the effectives of the active army next year is 440,419, which cannot include tho 200.000 colonial troops, some of
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CALENDAR REFORM MOVEMENT
ELEVEN NATIONS WILLING TO CONFER
A bob-haired Chinese girl who
13-MONTH YEAR gave her age as 16 years, was charged before Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham this morning with the has announced that eleven nations Genova.--The League of Nations theft, of a $5 note from a food stalin Hillier Street,
have already followed the example
of
Accused stated that she was of the United States in forming brought down from Canton by à national committees for the reform man who lived with her for some of the calendar. time in a house in Wanchal., Then he suddenly disappeared.
As in the case of the United The principal tenants of the-Wan States all these committees are chai house told her that they were
composed leading bankers, moving out and asked her to find scientists, and men of the highest industrial leaders. astronomers other lodging. The reason she stole
standing and authority on the sub- because she wanted ject. The last committee formed is money to go back to Canton. She in Holland, under the presidency had no means of subsistence here. of Professor A. A. Nijland, pro-
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whom are quartered in France, and If she could return to Canton her, fessor of astronomy at the Univer- godmother would look after her. 'sity of Utrecht. The countries that be kept in Police custody until to
The Magistrate ordered the girl to have already taken this Initiative night when she will be sent away,
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are the United States, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Hun- Įgary, Nicaragua, Panama, Holland,
Peru, and Salvador.
must make some other omissions. The late Minister of War. M. Painleve, gave in the Chamber last year the estimate strength of the French Army on a peace footing in 1930, which was well over 700,000. It is, indeed, larger than
As soon, as the majority of tho The official quotation of the dol- the normal strength before the war. lar to-day remained at 18/6.15/166, nations of the world have complied although smaller, of course, than on demand, as it was yesterday, in with the League's suggestion on in the abnormal conditions existing spite of silver rising 4 to 21.3/8. this subject and public opinion has after November, 1913, when two On the other hand, it will be re- been educated up to the desirability annual contingents of conscripts called
that silver dropped 5/16 of the reform, the League will con- had been called up in one year, yesterday and the dollar did not, voke an international conference measure which, as M, Montigny fall.
and endeavour to arrange an inter- remarked recently, amounted to a
Little or no business was' report. national convention on the subject. partial mobilization.
ed this morning and the market It is considered that, in all pro- Figures Challenged rate is given as 18/7.4d buyera, bability, the basis for the reform The number of French conscripts for ready.
will be a 13-month year of 28 days • has been diminished since the end
to the month, with the same week- of the war by the reduction of the 1914 was about £63,200,000, and the day falling the entire year around period of military service, but the average annual-cost in the five on the same date. loss is compensated by an increase years, 1908-1912, the normal pre- It is also hoped that arrange- in professional soldiers and colonial war years, Was only about ments can be made for fixing a per- troops. Moreover, the substitution £34,400,000. M. Daladier further manent date for Easter, provided of civilian employees for soldiers said that statements made by the the consent of all the leading in non-military capacities, such as Reporter himself showed that aup Christian religions of the world can clerical work, increases the effec- plementary estimates to the amount be secured.-United Press. tive military strength. The total, of about £17,860,000 would be re- number of civilian employees is to quired, and this would bring be brought up to 50,000.
the total cost of the army,
FOR CHARITY
Result of K.F.C. "Ne'erday"
Was
The estimated coat of the-navy, and Air Services up to jarmy, according to the report; 2115,400,000, which exceeded all will be in round figures Frs. the rest of the national expendi 6,520,000,000 (£52,100,000). This ture, excluding the service of the the Reporter said, WAA about debt, by £10,000,000. Was there, ho The President and members of £40,000 less than the expenditure asked, another country in the world the Kowloon Football Club desire Holders of Wireless Licences are advised that under the Wire-of 1929, including the supple where there was such a less Telegraphy Regulations all such licences expire on Decembermentary estimates and lower than between the military and civil ex sidents of Kowloon and Hong relation to express their thanks to all re- 81, and that licences for the new year must be renewed as the expenditure of 1918, which was penditure? early as possible during the month of January.
£50,000,000.
Kong who so kindly supported the The Reporter was Comparison with Britain
Club on the occasion of their an- thus able to put before the Cham- M. Daladier also said that no nual charity match held on New ber a comparative table showing other army in the world had 29,000, Year's Day. that France had reduced her mili- officers, as France had, or any The results were most gratify- try expenditure since 1918, where thing like that number, and that ing as the sum of $726.86 as Great Britain, the United States, Great Britain spent no more on de realised for charity. Italy, Japan, and Belgium had all fending a Colonial Empire with increased theirs. The increase in 400,000,000 inhabitants then France tributed as follows:-
This amount has now been dis- the British expenditure on the army spent on defending one with was said to be 16.5 per cent. An- 60,000,000. In French East Africa Blind Home, Kowloon
Poppy Day Fund
$200.00 other table demonstrated that the there were more than three times Ministering Children's League 179,54 200.00 total expenditure of France on war aa many troops as in British East Dr. Barnado's Homes £120.0` 147.82 preparations-army, navy, and Air ¦ Africa, which had more than double Service was leas by rather more the population. In Syria, with a than £4,000,000 than in 1913, population of about 2,500,000, whereas in other countries it was France had 18,000 soldiers, not in- President McKinley much higher.
cluding auxiliaries and Syrian Khlva
M. Daladier had no difficulty in legions, whereas in the territories! Shirala
riddling these figures, which he for which Great Britain had a showed to be fictitioua. He pointed mandate, where the population was out that the figures in the report twice was much, the number of did not include the coat of the British soldiers- was 720. military Air Service and that a M. Daladier also dealt with the were opened this morning and considerable part of the army ex-methoda of the French Army, closed this afternoon, issue being. penditure was dissimulated in other which he held to be out of date, over-subscribed. The entire estimates. When, he said, all this and insisted that in modern war- amount of issue was £1,250,000 of other expenditure was included, the fare material was more important which, however, £880,000 had al- real cost of the army in 1930 would, than numerous effectives. The ready been placed in the terms of be £67,000,000, whereas the speech was loudly applauded by all the prospectus. Applications are eitimated cost in the Budget of the parties of the Left.
being invited for the balance of £900,000 at 299.-British Wireless Service,
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