THE FRENCH NAVY.
A BLUNDERING POLICY. r UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION--COPYRIGHT.] PARIS, Jan. 11. M. Benaget, reporting on the naval estimates, states that ships had been built for defensive purposes, wlien offensive ships were required. J lie fleet was of little value, though it cost as much as that of Germany. \\ ltnout any great expenditure, France could have had twelve battleships and remained the second naval Power. Too much had been spent on destroyers and submarines.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3117, 13 January 1911, Page 5
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75THE FRENCH NAVY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3117, 13 January 1911, Page 5
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