"No Navy at All"

Senator Gustave de Kerguezec, President of the Naval Committee in the French Senate: " I guarantee in the name of the French Parliament that France will suppress her entire fleet if the other powers will do like- wise." This statement was received in Washington as so much verbiage. With the Washington Limitation ot Naval Armament Treaty still gratified, critics point out that it is indeed a strange moment to make such a suggestion--considering that the limitations agreed to have not been carried into effect.

M Baiberti, Minister of Marine, says that " France has gone as far as she can in the limitation of her naval power." He adds that France does not need a large navy, but a modern and efficient one. He also asserts that during the past three years France has saved a total sum of 280,000,000 francs on naval expenditure. The Chamber of Deputies has passed a measure reducing the number of officers in the navy, which effects an economy of 40,000,00 francs yearly.