Guarding France’s Pacific
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Colonies
From Our Own Correspondent.
NOUMEA, January 1.
THE Amiral Charner, which has re placed the sloop Aldeberan in these waters, has been cruising on the east coast, where she visited all the principal towns. She is stationed in the Pacific, and will protect France’s possessions: New Caledonia, the New Hebrides, Wallis Island, and the Society group. As the Aldeberan was constructed in 1917, France decided to replace her by the modern Amiral Charner.
France’s new colonial fleet consists of six cruisers which are already in service.
In Indochine, Dumont d’Urville, Savorg nan de Braza and the Regault de Genouilly; for the Indian Ocean, Madag ascar and Reunion, the Bouganville; for Guadeloupe and Martinique, the d’En trecasteau; and for the Pacific, Amiral Charner. The seventh, D'Iterville, is soon to be launched, and five other cruisers are being constructed in France to sup plement the fleet.