FRANCE'S ARMY.
THREE YEARS' SERVICE
FROM RA'DfC.'il.S' VIKNTOINT. (Received >lav im, S."j() a.in.". 'i ARIS, May 19. _ 31. Caillaux, an ox-iTime Ai.nister. addressing the K;«cncai--. said he opposed the thro.' years' army system. It was undeniable that the international situation demanded I'urtlur efforts on the part of l'Yauce.' More care was necessary with regard to the t;r;ii!:!i.i' resents a.nd some system cf military education of the young should be devised. The Radicals' counter proposals aim at thirty months' service with the hi* corporation of conscripts twice yearly. SOLDIERS' DEMONSTRATION. (Received -Mav 20. 5.55 u.m.) "i' Alt IS. May 19. Socialist agitators organised a soldiers' demonstration at Toul against -riemiial service. A major and lieutenant, who remonstrated, were roughly handled, being eventually rescued by civilians, who thrashed fifteen of their assailants.
Cavalry finally dispersed the meeting.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 21 May 1913, Page 5
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