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FRENCH ARMY'S COST

INCREASES EXPLAINED -Times" Cables. LONDON, loth (October. I The Paris correspondent Of "The Times" states that in explaining the increaso in the Army estimates, M. Painleve, Minister of War, t*>ld the "Petit Parisian." that an all-round increase in pay and salaries, including higher wages for civilian "workin feu, accounted for £3090. The real increase, therefore, was £3182/ of which Si. 1200 could l)o attributed to the new, Air Ministry. The Minister declared ' that the great bulk of the French military expenditure was curtailed as far ais it could be. Further large reductions were only possible by the abandonment of tho system of conscription. He Aid not believe any reasonable man woutfd care to take, the responsibility for smth a step.

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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 82, 16 October 1928, Page 9

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FRENCH ARMY'S COST Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 82, 16 October 1928, Page 9

FRENCH ARMY'S COST Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 82, 16 October 1928, Page 9