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Show M. if German propaganda wins further successes in Kurope. THE LAST RESERVE. The presence of considerable American Ameri-can forces on the .French battle front must not be taken as a sign that tho allied man power is reaching its limit. The allies do not look for any roal shortage before June, oven should the fighting continue throughout May aa intonso as it has been during April. After June 1, however, they must rely on the United States to furnish the "last reserves. ' ' The underestimates which marked the first years of the war are recalled lo mind by this very phrase, "last reserves.'' re-serves.'' Two and three years ago it was a familiar term. Then wo heard much about the British forming the last reserve which was to win the ultimate ulti-mate victory for the allies. Although the British empire has enlisted more lhan 7,000,000 men in all branches of the naval and military service since the death struggle of nations began, this titanic force has not been sufficiently large for the "last reserves." Owing to the defection of Russia, the allies have been compelled to look elsewhere for the "last reserves." Just when Russia was on the point of capitulating, capitulat-ing, Germany challenged tho United States to war, and thus, so to speak, tilled new armies "from the vasty deep. ' ' The man power of Germany and Austria Aus-tria has been a growing surprise to the allies. "Where do all these mon come I'romf" is a. question which we hear every day. And yet there is a limit to Teutonic power, as the Teutons themselves them-selves are admitting. The offensives in France were and are designed to gain the ultimate triumph before the "last reserves" from this side of the Atlantic are thrown into the fray. Failing to gain victory, Germany will not give up hope altogether. Her propaganda prop-aganda is busy elsewhere in an effort to disrupt the entente belligerents or to win new allies for herself. It would seem as if Germany could not possibly gain new allies, and yet it is quite probable prob-able that she planned so to arrange events that Lenine and Trotzky would be fighting on the German side before be-fore the war in the west should end. Perhaps that hope still prevails. The earlier hope was shattered by the caution cau-tion of the allies, who, taking their lesson from the government at Wask-iugton, Wask-iugton, refused to be drawn into an unfriendly un-friendly attitude toward the - Russian people. .lust now Trotzky is urging the Russian Rus-sian people to adopt universal military serviee. Although his country has been divided by Germany and much of it appropriated, ap-propriated, Trotzky advocates a new Russian army, not to fight Germany, but to make ready for war with Japan, which is one of the entente allies. "Fearing destruction, Russia must have an army," he is quoted as saying. "We don't know the hour when we will be openly challenged by the imperialistic im-perialistic enemy threatening us in the east. ' ' Not a word about the imperialistic enemy who, in the west, has already occupied some of the richest parts of Russia and is plundering it every day. The Russian people were such easy victims of German propaganda the last time, that the Berlin government does not consider the hope wild that, perhaps next year, they can be so thoroughly hoodwinked again that thoy will furnish fur-nish armies for Germany s battles. If only the allies wilt help the Germans a bit by invading Siberia or adopting some other means of aggression, they will trust to their propaganda to do the rest. The "last reserve" of the United States will probably be called upon to furnish more men than had been anticipated, antici-pated, and at an earlier date. The bill introduced for an army of 5,000,000 shows that already the administration and congress are agreed that the earlier estimates were inadequate. It is trite that a year ago the possibility of an army of 5,000,000 and even 10,000,000 was considered, but it was a possibility so remote that not many were impressed im-pressed by it. .Vow we feel that an army of 5,000,000 will not give us much of a margin of safety, especially rMLiiuxi nw. t"1- t""o"vj |