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Show " THE END NOT IN SIGHT he- demobilization of the army will be a, severer test of th6 morale of the country coun-try "than that which was incident to placing plac-ing it in the field. "The war is over," will kbe the cry that will come, from every Home, "and my boy should be sent home." It is a question whether the people gen-erally, gen-erally, will be as deeply interested in adjusting, ad-justing, the affairs of Europe as v they ere' in 'hipping the kaiser. j$ .. ' Yet,tthis,time, .the end is not in sight. .The war has ended" at a most unfortunate unfortun-ate season EiuSoiJ begins the winter Vt&aVfdodi shortage which m ordinary v times would be regarded as ' a faini ' The Austrian empire has collapsed 'and the cables indicate that there is a'-revolu- tion in Germany The same condition exists throughout Russia and the Balkans. Bal-kans. Only by a strict ration system can continental. Europe be .fed. According, to reliable information the. allies are virtually vir-tually demanding that the Untied States army take hold of the situation. . Those wH'o are acquainted with. t the present condition of Europe do not;, believe be-lieve that the-American army as a whole can be relieved from service, in Europe within a year. . This means, that a large part of the .war machinery of the United Utesustbe.kept in motion for at least a year. As stated in another column,' of-ficers of-ficers who are on duty at, Washington, ' ' who are anxipUs to return to civil life, have been informed -that their services will be required for at least a, year, and, a half,-,. This will.not apply to all officers', butra'llarge proportion of those who. expect ex-pect to tleave the service .will be retained ' pr a' year or more.. The samejs true as to, enlisted men, and it will be some time before,' there is a material .reduction in the strength of theExpeditionnry Forces. Forc-es. American Army Gazette. , . '" m, mm ;n |