BELGIUM MUST RE-ARM
DEFENSIVE ACTION
GIVING ALLIES A CHANCE
(Received January 26, 2 p.m.)
BRUSSELS, January 25,
"Belgium must re-arm," declares M. Deveze, Minister of Defence, who is inspecting the eastern frontier, where he asserts defensive action must start in order that Belgium's allies may be given a chance to . come into action. Two-thirds of the Budget vote of £6,465,000, he says, should be spent in re-equipping the army with more and heavier artillery, more machine-guns, aeroplanes, mechanical transport units, and gas-masks. The remaining third of the defence expenditure should bo allotted to. permanent ■ fortifications. \
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1934, Page 8
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95BELGIUM MUST RE-ARM Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1934, Page 8
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