DENMARK’S LEAD
ARMY AND NAVY ABOLISHED. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) COPENHAGEN, Oct. 3. A decisive step towards disarmament has been taken by the' Socialist Government of Denmark, which has introduced a Bill reducing the Army to sixteen hundred men, and transforming the Navy,, into a coastguard service, consisting of 32 patrol' ships and 12 seaplanes. The Bill also abolishes compulsory service.
The respective yearly costs of the Army and Navy Avill now be only £4CO,COO and £595.000. '
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1929, Page 5
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78DENMARK’S LEAD Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1929, Page 5
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