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Show L EXPECTS VI WILL X SOQHBEDEOARED Sir Sam Hughes, Former Canadian Minister of Militia, in New York. NEW YORK, March 10. The belief that in the event of war between the United States and Germany American officers fighting with the forces of Canada should have no difficulty in obtaining ob-taining their release to aid in training American troops was expressed here today to-day by Major General Sir Sam Hughes, formerly Canadian minister of militia. "I do not see why there 6hould not be reciprocity," Sir Sam declared. "There should be no legal steps in the way. Rut your Yankees would mighty soon get into shape." Sir Sain came to New York Friday to confer, according to reports, ast a representative of The British army, with the Uuited States army officers. He in-Kiil in-Kiil he came on persona business, admitted he had conferred with Ma-lor Ma-lor General Leonard Wood, commanding iF the department of the east. Of this conference Sir Sam would say nothing, declaring that in view of the international interna-tional situation confronting America he did not feel free to talk officially. Sir Sam expressed keen interest in the state department's ruling that armed American merchantmen may fire upon German submarines at sight. "If the government has done that, it. is an act of war," he exclaimed. "It means nothing else. But Germany al-readv al-readv has committed acts of war on the United States in many ways and at inanv times." Sir Sam alluded to the Zimmermann note inciting Mexico to invite Japan to form an alliance against the United States in case of war with Germany. "Tt shows that Germany is pretty badly clone for," he said. " "It shows also that Germany has no appreciation of Amc-icn's position in world affairs. "If there is war the Yankees of today to-day will prove that thev have not degenerated de-generated from those of years ago. I have been acouainted with conditions in the United States army for twenty or thirty years. Your soldiers are among the finest to be found anywhere and the spirit of liberty is still mighty strong in the United States. " Sir Sam expressed his opinion that German submarines would never get rear enough to New York to shell the city. "But suppose all the German submarines subma-rines in tb" universe did succeed in getting get-ting into Xf.ir York harbor; they could pot do much harm," he said. "A few fast yachts would be able to destroy them all within a week. Last fall German Ger-man v sent out twenty-one submarines within one week and there were only fivt-hich had not been destroyed two jpfvUis later. 7 ' |