FRONTIER ARMAMENT

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 November 1926, Page 5

FRONTIER ARMAMENT

FRANCO-ITALIAN PREPARATIONS MYSTERIOUS ACTIVITY. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, i (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) LONDON, November 29. The' “Dally News” says: Information received ill London has increased die mystery.of recent events on the Branco-Italian frontier. Italy has mounted 150 guns between b'an Remo and Ventimiglia, reconstructed mountain roads enabling the passage ot guns, and erected blockhouses. Similar precautions have been taken on the French side, .where ports have been re-armed, anti re-occupied. An infantry regiment, moved from Marseilles, is now stationed at Saint Martin Vesuble, close to the frontier. NEW AERIAL FIGHTERS. PARIS, November 29. France has ordered thirty powerful marine air fighters, with a watertight fusilage under carriage, detachable. in mid air. Its weight is two tons, and it can carry two Lewis guns and a load of bombs. ITALY’S SUPER LINERS. , ROME, November 29. Experts are intrigued concerning the nature of the super-liners, first mentioned by Premier Mussolini, in an interview, as being built at Genoa. They will be between 35,000 and 40.000 tons, with a secret device, increasing the speed to forty knots. It is the invention of an Italian naval officer. Some* believe that, it consists of a belt of thin steel with a ball-bearing device greatly diminishing the waves’ impact. Moreover, it. is stated, the ships may carry the propellers amidships. This is regarded as one of Italy’s most sensational efforts under Mussolini’s active impulse, aiming primarily at the capture of the Mediterranean passenger service, and a direct challenge to Britain’s trans-Atlantic trade.