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Show FRENCH DEFENSE ' I iS EXPLAINED , I t I Patrol Boats, Seaplanes, Nets, j H Mines, Smoke Raisers and H Dragnets Are Used. H HAVE CURTAIN NETS i H I MBll ImmmI Special Bombs for Submarines IH and Apparatus to Throw - H Them Employed. jH PARIS, Friday, May 25, 10:55 p. m. H (Delayed). Rear Admiral Lacaze, the H minister of marine, outlined the means H of defense France had adopted against MMJ the undersea boats, in the chamber of H deputies tonight. 'IH "I sec no reason why I should not 3 H speak of these methods," said Ad- j jH miral Lacaze. "It would bo childish to think they are unknown to tho , IfH enemy. They consist of a system of 1 patrol boats, of arming merchantmen ' H and fitting them with wireless; of il seaplanes, nets, mines, smoke raising IHV devices and dragnets." HI The minister said that Franc had . ! IBMJ 552 patrol boats in service and ex- 1 JA pected to increase the number to 900. IH He also said the government had 1200 . 'H dragndts, 170,500 curtain nets and 5000 I ';H twenty-foot float nets which indicate l BMJ the presence of submarines. j ' Discussing tho use of airplanes he 1! ' HH said: iH "We have organized seaplane posts " J all around the coasts so that the zone I Rfl of action of each post joins that of I LH its neighbor on either side. We also ' ' IRHJ have special bombs for submarines j IHRJ and apparatus to 'throw them.r ' IBl "The gun3 we mounted bnThe patrol , IH boats have been referred to disdain- MMJ fully, but you cannot put ten centi- ' H meter guns on a small vessel. A pa- Rfl 1 trol boat on guard, -armed with 95 1 .1 IRfl millimeter guns, met two submarines r f Hfl armed with 105 millimeter guns, sank ' jRHj one and put the other to flight." 1 RRfl |