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Show I j 300,000 MORE" I : MEN WANTED I BY KITCHENER M Brit sh War Minister Again Calls H i ' For Recruits; Says War Will Ex- B act Greater Sacrifices Than Those PH r' Already Made LH V ' ill London, May 18. Tlio noxt low R days, If not hours, It Ih bollovcd will PB , And Italy renouncing her old nllles B of tlio triple nlllnnce nnd Joining tho PB t trlplo cntcnta powers nB n belligerent. ! ( i At tlio sanio tlmo soino clmngo Is PH I expected in tlio government of Orcnt H Britain. PB Tho expected changes In tho gov- PM ' ornment of Great Britnln nro nlmed PH j at a cloHor consolidation of all tho B , parties for tho purpose of carrying PH tho wnr to n successful Irsuo. Who- PH thor tlio leaders of tho uulnnlst, Irish B und labor partlos will ho tnkmi Into B tho cabinet or ndmltlod Into tho com- PH J mlttoo of Imperial defenso has not PB ! yet boon mado known. Whntovcr tho B ' cliangos to bo mado, howovor, they PB . i havo not in nny way Interfered with PB ' tlio operations In which tho British PB forces nro ongaged. B in giving nn outllno of these oporn- B tlons In tho houso of lords today Lord Bb .Kitchener, tho wnr minister, whllo ox- Bl pressing tho groat confldonco In their Bl ufilmnto outcomo, ngaln warned tlio B public that great sacrifices already , bad been mado and that grcator onos BK -would bo oxnetcd. Ho mado an ap- BV peal for 300,000 moro recruits. Bl Lord Kitchener, bowovcr, seemed Bl to attnch tho greatest Importanco to BK ll' uso l,J' tno (iormans of nBphyxlat- Bm 'hR gases, nnd opened his speech BB .with, a roferonco to this mnttor. BJ -.''Our troops," said Lord Kitchener, Bl ''must bq adequately protected by tlio BJ employment of similar methods." Bl 'n IIo expressed his confidence that Bb In the near future tho country would BM bo In 'a satisfactory position with ro- Bj Kard to the supply of ammunition. Bl Conditions at Front Bm "Jn recent offcnslvo operations," Bl ' ll0 continued, "our losses nnd thoso Bl ot 'h French hnvo been heavy, but BB tho task our armies lavo accomplish- BJ cd has necessitated ,,great sacrifices Bb I' and tbo spirit and thoralo of our BM 1 f troops has novcr been higher than at BR tbo prosont momont. BH "Tho Russians now hold a strong BM, lino from tho cnstorruCarpathlnns to BH Przemysl, which forms'n pivot . ot Bit their lines and thenar nlong, tho San Bb to, tho Vistula. In llukowlna tho Bus- BM slans hnvo mado a couutoroffonslvo Bl1 -nndidrlvon'Uho Austrlaus bnck from Bl.; tho-DnloBter to tho Truth. Tho Cor- BM. m&nllosBOB In kilted nnd wounded In BM tho'so' operations havo been enormous MB and many thousand unwounded prls- Bl ' oilers, bavo fallen Into tbo hands of B thn'llusslnns." B .In, 'the Dardanelles Karl Kit (lienor BM j paid tho progress ot tho allies was MB ncji88nrliy slow slnco tlio country Bl was most dimcult. BM i; '"ut tho Turks nro gradually being BM foJCfd to rotlro from positions of Bfl J gn-at strongth," bo continued, "nnd though, tbo cnomy Is being constnnt- HB ly reinforced, tbo nows from this H 1 frpnt Is thoroughly satisfactory. |