FRENCH FRONTIERS
DEFENCE IN EVENT 6F WAR DISCUSSED IN THE CHAMBER. PARIS, February 16. (Received February 17, at 8.30 a.m.) The French Chamber’s discussion on the organisation of the country in war time was marked by General Hirschauer emphasising that the projected fortresses on the eastern frontier must be supported by a proper system of railways and roads. France paid dearly for her voluntary retirement behind the twenty-kilometre line in 1914, and could not again afford to risk the loss of territory containing valuable minerals. She was at present able to resist invasion owing to the occupation of the Rhineland, but the position would change when it was evacuated.
Deputy -Vincent urged that attention was also essential to the FrancoBelgian frontier, owing to the coal mines. The present defence, which bound up Belgium, depended on an arrangement betwcaa the general staffs, and was not binding to the Parliaments. M. Painleve replied that the Government agreed with General Hirsch'auer, and had ordered that the officer's engaged in the fortifications must be given every assistance.—A. and 3S.Z. and 1 Sun ’ Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19793, 17 February 1928, Page 2
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