FRENCH POWDER SCANDAL.
DISCUSSED BY DEPUTIES. DEFECTIVE POWDER TO BE DESTROYED. Paris, November 14. Tho Chamber of Deputies discussed the naval powder scandals. A reporter stated, that his investigations showed the defects in the powder to ~bo solely due to faulty manufacture. Ohe lot was "composed of powder made ill Various years. The date of manufacture given • was when the last lot left tho mills. M. Delcasse announced that all lcfective powder would he destroyed. The Minister for War declared that he did not need to seek the guilty party. Although there had been inertia and negligence, General Gaudin’s report showed that the whole output of powder from the Pont do Buis works during the last twelve years was suspected. Measures were now being taken to provide for the "utmost scientific inspection in future,
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 79, 15 November 1911, Page 5
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134FRENCH POWDER SCANDAL. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 79, 15 November 1911, Page 5
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