Show FRANCE TO BUILD HUGE NEW FLEET PARIS Dec Dee 21 UP France UP-France France will embark on a naval building program when limitation treaties expire 10 days hence designed to create the most modern battle fleet possible by 1942 Not a single ton of existing battleships bat- bat will be dest destroyed oyed officials said France will follow the lead of the United States and Great Britain BrItain Britain Brit BrIt- ain as announced within the last few days d ys and retain her entire ton ton- nage Frances France's policy will be to build more warships as fast as money is ava available la l and arid slips in private te and government shipyards are vacant The Th superior naval council which corresponds to the American naval general board has decided on new building which will increase the French navy from its present tonnage tonnage tonnage ton ton- nage of 6 to nearly tons enough to k keep ep French shipyards shipyards ship ship- yards busy 10 years and cost at least a billion dollars This building building building build build- ing program will provide France with lith a safety margin of third one-third over the Italian fleet and nearly one one half over the German fleet The French naval council was not worried by American or or British fleets fleets but based its building program program program pro pro- gram on the German and Italian building race Two new all all' airship carriers planned by France will be modeled after the ton carriers of the United States tates |