Paris, Oct. 18.
The French air armament programme, which will eventually provide an air force with 4,000 military planes, is elucidated today in an article appearing in the "L'ntransigeant" The paper says the aim within the next few months is to increase the number of planes to 1,748 and within the next two years, France will possess 2,617 first-line planes exclusive of the reserve crafts.
This programme will place a heavy burden upon the country with a population of only forty millions which is already confronted with serious economic problems. Investments and credits to the extent of one milliard francs will be necessary for financing this project. Of this sum, 450 million francs will be necessary for state-controlled factories, 30 eration.
Schmidt, he said, desired the coast defence mobilization plans but learned that they were locked up in Washington and could not possibly be obtained, Schmidt,. however, obtained information that an abridged copy of the plans was held in safekeeping in the coast artillery headquarters.
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