THE FRENCH NAVY.
NEW BUILDING PROGRAMME. INEFFICIENCY OK THE PRESENT , SHU'S. Received 27, 1.1(1 a.m. l'uris. December 2(1. M. Pieard. French Aiiuislcr fur Marine, submitted lo M. Cuillaux. Minister for Finance, a proposal to spend 32 million on tin- Xnvy, spread over iivtyears, lie found givai siitiniiiNtrittivi'
waste and extravagance and aiiiiing tin workmen uniliscipline anil a s|iiril of socialism. He emplia.si-i'i: • •>• need of new liist-class bailies!.:; ■ in! :h(! replenishment of stores. The Paris ni>»,pnpi'i' 1/ Journal slates that on (lie husi- of l'r.:i::', i-nilimlii'il in M. Chaumct's (Deputy i','i- l> miiMiix's) report on the naval cslim:ii.'-. lour hutl!i ships nut of lifteeu ale i > :: ieul eouilition. while only six an i,i ;jond condition. Only tliirt.y-foui' mil of h liunili'ed and sixty-two torpedoes are lit for iservice.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 2, 27 January 1909, Page 2
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127THE FRENCH NAVY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 2, 27 January 1909, Page 2
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