Pari In the Chamber of Deputies today in the course of the Budget debate General Nollet, the Minister of War, stated that the Army! estimates totalled Frs. 4,468,000,000, as compared with Frs. 1,700,000,000 in T914. He pointed out that considering the fall in the value of the frane, the' preseat cctimates were 25 per cent. below the prewar fgupe, whereas the United States and Japan had increased their military. expenditure by 74, and 15 per cent. respectively, while Britain lad maihteined her pre-war level.
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