Paris, Dec. 26 Credits totalling rs, 7,760,000,000 for the French Army were voted by the Senate here to-day, Ihe Defence" Minister, M. Edouard Daladier, had first emphasized the fmereasing improvement Mu the production of war materials largely due toa better yield by nationalized fac tories, 'Sull better results will be seen shortly, M, Daladier declared, since the workers are willing to work more than' the prescribed forty-hours 0 week in the munition factories "the French army," he said in con~ Jclusion, "remains a' tranquil, silent, fand most powerful force, It is a [shield made of good metal Out of the total credits voted, Fr9,1,886,000,000 will be allotted for {colonial defence, and Frs, 1,122,000,000 for powder manufacture and. main tenance of powder factories,—Havas,
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