FRANCE IN ARMS
WAR MINISTERS DISCLOSURE. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyrigh t.) PARIS, October 16. ‘‘France disarmed would not, be so good an example, as she would be a great temptation,” declared M. Painleve, the Minister of War, in an address at the University. He proceeded to despribe the chain of Block Houses, armed with rapid-fire guns, j that is to be built before November, 1930, across .the north of Alsace and Lorraine, arid other defence works that are contemplated within the next ten years. In the event of a surprise , attack, he said, France could raise a preserve army of one hundred thousand veterans within twenty-four hours, and a quarter of a million young men within four days, and she could raise a total of seven million four hundred thousand men within a week, all in addition to her regular army.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1929, Page 5
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