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Show How French View the Naval Program of Great Britain Paris. Julv 24 That the world is not yet on the eve of the cessation of the struggle between Great Britain aud Germany for naval supremacy .s the prevalent opinion in France, after careful study oi the recent speech ity Winston Spencer Churchill in the houso of commons. The continuation of rivalry between be-tween those two countries causes a note of regret here, but there Is an inclination to believe that it must go on and that France should learn a lesson from England's procedure, and horsojf Increase her navy. The Matin, commenting on the subject, sub-ject, says it is In a. position to declare de-clare that Italy and Austria, at the instigation of Germany, are about to build super-dreadnoughts, in regar'1 to which nothing has been permitted to transpire. Italy is to construct six of these vessels, each of 20.000 tons displacement and capable of steaming at a speed of 25 knots, while Austria is to build three, each' of them displacing 20.000 tons. The newspaper continues: "The fulfillment of this program wiil destroy the present naval equilibrium equilib-rium in the Mediterranean and give a big advantage to the triple alii anco."' rr |