FRENCH DEFENCES TO EASTWARD

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22004, 30 January 1937, Page 13

FRENCH DEFENCES TO EASTWARD

WESTERN FRONTIER OF

SUFFICIENCY QUESTIONED

PARIS, January 28

“Are the French defences sufficient to resist a sudden attack on the Maginot line, especially on Sunday when so many men are on leave?” was the surprising question which a deputy asked the Minister for Defence (M. Daladier). The Minister replied that the defences were effective and sufficient for any eventuality. , The deputy protested that while the wide German roads would enable the transport of German troops to the frontier in four hours, it would take France 18 hours on her narrow roads.

GERMANY

REMILITARISATION ALMOST

COMPLETE

LONDON, January 28

“Within 12 months of. the reoccupation of the Rhineland the remilitarisation of Germany’s western frontier is almost complete, states the diplomatic correspondent of the “Manchester Guardian. “The huge fortified opinion of experts, can be hdd w th small forces against the entire French or Belgian armies, enabling the main offensive to be conducted elsewhere. It does not follow that Germany has abandoned her idea of a major offensive to the westward, but the immediate plan seems to be for expansion to the eastward.