FRANCE REQUIRES HELP
■'.'•;■."■■'■:'■: .;_ini ii ii mm »»>h» ■■"ij/;, IN THE EVENT OF ATTACK. -■: : .' ..'■ -•''• •;-::^-v : :-- ,■ -, '-. -'-..I 'BRITAIN'S NAVY USELESS. \ BIG EXPEDITIONARY ARMY. S "•■ - * ~ . ■*'-..» -J NEEDED TO AVOID DEFEAT. By-Telegraphi—Press Association.—CppyrighH . jjs ./ PABia, April a. ■■■■;| In an article in the Temps, General | Delacroix, cays that it is "a fallacy | to argue that the-support of the I British Navy; wouid >be worth ..half-a- >| millijbn ;;.meipi to Fcauce; In reality, k he saysy it Vould make no differ- f ehce i; ': : Ir-.K ', ''■ :i '''.!"-../ "' '■'' 'is ■-• It is impossible, the general goes | on to say, for Britain! to leave the j defence;of her continental interests | to Russia. • Napoleon." was not beaten f at. Trafalgar, but ;_',at Waterloo.: | Britain's support on the . Meuse | would counterbalance , \ 'Germany's | numerical superiority. 4 ; Ooly a: good expeditionary army 1 of 15 or 20 adds, would guarantee victory to Britain and > ) France. ,„ ■>' , ■ NO , OBLIGATION KJp BEITAIN. It has been stated by the Briiisli Prime Minister (Mr.- Asquith) in reply., to questions f in the House chi Commons/ on two occasions during the past Tnonth that Britain is not under any obligation to send an armed forca to Europe. The Temps, pXf commenting on this statement stated that the active- co-oferatioh of: Britain in the event of war hud been, promised on three 'occ&siong.,. K ,jtKfa\ ;;cd-operatiort could hot be relied upon,"the paper eaid, it furnished.an additional reason.for augmenting the-' French forces. v>Another French paper recently stated that Mr. Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty) had promised the French Government that Britain would remain neutral 'in a War of French revenge, but. that it'.would overwhelm the German. Fleet '■;if France wer* attacked without «,'•'-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15269, 5 April 1913, Page 7
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FRANCE REQUIRES HELP
New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15269, 5 April 1913, Page 7
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