FRANCE UNPREPARED.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1921, 2 December 1913, Page 5

FRANCE UNPREPARED.

SENSATION IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. ECHO OF MOROCCO INCIDENT. By Telcsrapli—Presa AssocinUon-Copyrizlit Paris, November 30. During the loan debate in the Chamber of Deputies a sensation was caused by M. Lel'cvre, a Radical ox-Minister, declaring that when the Kaiser landed at Tangier (1911), tho French army in Morocco was not in a position to back the Government's diplomacy, owing to lack of ammunition, thero being only 703 bullets per rifle. M. Barthou, Prime Minister, admitted that at times the army had been neglected,. and that it was now necessary to mako up for lost time. GERMAN FOREIGN POLICY. NAVY'S ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE. Berlin, November 30. Prince von Bulow's "History of Germany Under William the .Second" discusses Anglo-German relations during tho South African war, also German relations with Japan, America, and France. The chapter on foreign policy says: "Tho construction of a Navy was vital to Gorman growth, and patriotic sentiments had to bo aroused without disturbing the relations with Britain, because Germany's navy for years to come would only bo like butter before tho knife." The chapter convoys the impression that the German navy was intended iinally to oppose Britain if necessary. BURDEN ON THE PEOPLE. Berlin, November 30. The Premier of Bavaria, speaking in tho Bavarian Diet, announced that there must be a pauso for many years in German armaments, as the people wore unable to bear further burdens.