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Show fP ! WAR .EXPERT ARITHJMETIC H; I '' ' The student of cther war who U trying Hl1 -- ,to form an intelligent analysis; and pass ; I ' x it on to other people it perplexed with '. h ' ri the conflicting !eaiiiat he has to . deal B ' f ' ' -; with7;; Even- trveBkary . experts, close r K to5th centers 'dfSttormation! vary very I tidily." -r -'.. "" M - An apparently ;compe tent opinion has B I ' it that' the Germans now under arms M I number 4,500,000. Yet the best estimate , B j Qf the German bathb West front previ- M I ous to the offensive, were . only about ' 2,500,000. I 'As only a small force is now. needed in '. Russia; and not manv on. other fronts, . where aretfie, other 2,000,000? The chances are that a Jot; of that 4,500,000; while technically- in the service, are in the. hospitals or on sick leave. , 7The enemy would probably bring up . all his good troops 'for this" tremendous " effort, and' the forces hot used for .this purpose,could not be" yery valuable. 4 .- rr Estimates of the losses in the giant B' offensive vary tremendously. On April B:; 1, the; French official estimate put it at B T- i 275,000 to 300,000. Now a conservative B ; ' estimate is 400,000. Yet since April 1 1 - the hardest fighting of the war has taken ' . placeil As line after line, regiment after regi-.v regi-.v . ment,.and division after division 6f the . m men in field'grey are thrown remorse-1 remorse-1 u liMalyinto the. teeth of death, it seems to y us if thMIuh hordes are endless. They :;- "'-'; tMH'M'io 'There are sharp limits to the , r tine'fthy are splaying., These limits B i . ? t b ; are suggeeted by the reported order from LmmB t'Ai'' A German BeadquArter&. that. there are to, pA Am AjhgWjiY- -U-d r .1 .At, 1 1 ,,.';. ,v-.i .,...,n i,.,---. ,.1fi , , ., , BawawawaiIi'1''' I .. ' v,ik.L " " " BALaBLaI ' ' ti' ,!' '" ' '""' -' " i , J ' AwAWAWAWAWAWam. '-'' ' ?-. 'Cn.. '" -1, " i MM , j TSBmmmqmmmm made with utter disregard of human life, have until now been Germany's principal dependence. r "y 'But America must not slacken Her efforts. ef-forts. Itwilltafcea 2 to 1 preponderance to drive th't enemy out of his strong defend. de-fend. .Ijxitt AAA |