the Senate Paris, Aug. 12.
The Bill passed by the Chamber of Deputies providing a five-year plan for the renewal and upkeep of the French Alr Force with a yearly ex= penditure of $80,000,000 francs, was Unanimously adopted to-day by the Senate. The plan, it is stated, has been worked out on the basis of a first-line fleet of 1,000 machines, According to the president of the Air Committee of the Senate, Germany already "has over 2,800 aeroplanes, while the Minister for Air, M. Cot, told the Senate today that France could not afford to lag behind other nations—Reuter.
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