Paris, Mar.. 6.
The French Government has decided to launch a mighty effort within a few days to procure, mostly by loans, the 15,000,000,000 francs needed to carry out its defence measures this year.
The decision followed the adoption of the National Defence Investment Fund Bill by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate last night.
In a vibrant appeal to the country, made successively in the two Houses yesterday, the Premier, M. Chautemps, said: "The safety of the nation compels large material sacrifices. They will be asked of you very shortly.
"The fund has been created not only to avoid a controversy in regard to the use of the money raised, but to emphasize our determination to' keep national safety above the vicissitudes of party politics."
"France is resolved, despite financial difficulties," M. Chautemps declared, "to maintain her defensive armaments and to face all perils. The measures we are about to take will have the happiest effects not only on the morale of the nation but, outside our frontiers, on our prestige."
—Reuter.
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