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T. 1928.
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Paris, Oct. 9. The campaign, which is being systematically
against waged France for har "militaristic
policy" by certain organs of the foralgn Press, and which roached
its height in a recent III-informed:
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liver and intestinal regulators. departments of national defonce.
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sald, "for we have been carrying PINKETTES out since the war a policy of spon- quickly relieve colds, dispel con- taneously reducing our Arma-
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months, and finally to ono year
under the reorganisation schemo considerable expenses incurred in at present being put into force. constructing the new frontier for The French Army, which before tifications. The increases in the the war contained 990,000 men on French military budget, far from a peace footing, has now been re-being a sign of militarism, are duced to 520,000-a'total reduc-purely and simply a result of tion of 45 per cent.
The polley of peace and reduction "These figures includo Colonial of armaments which is being ear- roops, and I cannot understand ried out by the Government of the how a recent writer in an English Republican. paper could maintain that ~ the official Agures
"When you compare the propor- given for the tion of military expenses to ex- French Army only included home
penses on other matters, which is troops, unless, of course, ke Was the only true method of compari- ignorant of the fact that France son, you find that military or possessed Colonies! No one can claim that troops who have only the whole at present, whereas in pensea amount to 19 per cent. of had a year's training can be com 1913 the proportion, was pared in value with professional
36 per
Baldiers like those in the British or German Army. The French Army in its present condition is absolutely incapable of under- taking a war of aggression, Henceforward its only task is to resist the offensive of enemy arms.
Hindenburg Line."
an army
cent.
Naval Reductions.
"With regard to the Navy, our construction has been reduced to the minimum, and the teanage of the French Fleet is 26 per cent. less than it was in 1913-14. De- spite the fact that we were a thorised to construct enpital ships
France
"The same writer to whom I have referred spoke of a so-called up to 175,000 tone under the Hindenburg lino, which defends Washington agreement,
has not even undertaken tho re- en the Eastern frontier. centres placement of her obsolete capital which are absolutely vital to ships belonging to the prewar French industry. For which has received only twelve which is solely intent upon in- flect. And France is a country months training such a line of creasing her armaments! defence is indispensable to pro- tect it during the early parlod of
"There remains the question of attack and defend it against sur-the air. Where is this immensa priso,
armada of the air united under "This may sound needlessly the sole authority on Laurent alarmist, but General von Seekt, Eynnc' at which we are asked to you may remember, has laid It tremble? It would be a grave down on several occasions that the error to deduce from the concen- only method of carrying out a war tration of all the French aeronau- for a small professional army is tical institutions under the to make a sudden attack on the thority of a single minister that vital ponits of the opponent's terrl-France was pursuing a military policy with regard to the air. If "Our new military organisation those who raised such criticisms necessitates an increase of pro- would read the decrees reorganis fessional soldiers. People in ing our aeronautics they would see England imagine that the French that half of our organisation was soldiers are content with far less for economic and commercial than those in the British Army, ends."
tory.
but it should be obvious that the professional army of France can- not be recruited by the offer of
nu-
A Bill introduced by the New
five nous a day. Here you have Zealand Government proposes to one of the main reasons for the put the clock on half an hour from increase of the French military the second Sunday in October until budget, the other reason being the the third Sunday in March.
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