FRENCH REPLY TO GERMANY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20064, 22 March 1935, Page 9

FRENCH REPLY TO GERMANY

MORE MILLIONS FOR AIR FORCE MINISTERIAL VISITS ON CONTINENT United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received March 21, 10,20 p.m.) PARIS, March 21.. The Government has decided to spend £22,850,000 on air defences. This is supplementary to the amount provided in the Budget in November, GERMANY'S NAVY IMPROVED TORPEDO PROVIDED United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received March 21, 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, March 20. The naval correspondent of “The Daily Telegraph” says: German experts have greatly improved the torpedo by propelling it with electricity, instead of compressed air, thus eliminating the track of air bubbles, which are visible to the enemy. The electric torpedo i» slower than the latest compressed air torpedo, but it can exceed 30 miles per hour, which is very dangerous to slow moving merchantmen. German naval men have also devised a method of invisible firing by hiding the rush of the air from the tube. Hotherto the upheaval on the surface betrayed the firing.

VISITS TO FOREIGN CAPITALS INTEREST IN PARLIAMENT British Official Wireless (Received March 21, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, March 20. A discussion between representatives of the French, British and Italian Governments will take place in Paris on Saturday. Mr Eden will represent the British Government at these conversations and Italy will be represented by Signor Suvitch. In the House of Commons, Sir John Simon, replying to a question, said that the visits to European capitals were' purely exploratory. Questioned regarding his Moscow visit, Mr Eden said that it was being paid in response to the Soviet Government’s invitation. The conversations would be mainly concerned with questions arising out of the political situation in Europe.