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Show IIIH PERIOD OF ' TKEWARYETTOCOME Earl of Derby Warns En-glishmen En-glishmen Greater Sacrifices Sacri-fices Must Be Made. LOXDOX. Feb. 17. 8:33 p. m. The earl of Derby, secretary of stato for war. speaking at Boltou today, expressed the opinion that the critical period of the war would occur in the next few months. "I would be a false friend." he said, "if T did not warn the country that the war is oiii to be lone; continued and a struggle even more bitter than in the pant, ft I'Ein only be won by every one lining his utmost. The three things' most vital are money, men and munitions. Money and munitions are being supplied sup-plied in large quantities. Men we want and must have. The nation will have to ke greater sacrifices in the wav of eiving its manhood to fight its battles. i-T You will not win the war by saying you have won. it. "I am as confident as any one of the eventual result, but do not be led away into the too great optimism of thinking that the end is near. There is nothing that pleases us more than to hear that the German nation. is at its last gasp, i rio not think it is true. believe the fiermtiU nution is suffering, but it still lms an enormous reserve uf power and will make a great and gigantic effurt to gain the mastery. ' ' I believe we are going to see the rritieal period of the war in the next few months. We must face it with courage. cour-age. T confidently predict it will be a successful six months for us, but at the same, time 1 do not think it. will be a walkover. "You must receive bad news equallv with good news, with the same courage, the same ganieness and the same determination. determi-nation. There is but. one motto for every man and woman in the country, namely, to stick it out.' That is what ynu have got to do. At whatever cost, at whatever sacrifice, stick it out to the bitter end and the bitter end will mean for you perhaps privation, but, for those who come after you freedom from the horrors which we have experienced during dur-ing the last two and a half years. ' ' |