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Show SH oo H MORE SOLDIERS FOR H ENGLAND. H Writing a series of articles in the H Now York World, Gustav C Roeder, a H staff correspondent returning from M Germany, claims to have talked with M all classes of people, and he gathered H from them that they would all wel- H come peace, although they are confi- M dent of their ability to continue the H war for many years, and without ex- B ception every German iB certain in his H own mind of ultimate victory. The H lKJssibility of defeat does not appear H to be even considered in Germany at Hj this time, and this probably comes about through the fact that, except for-the for-the early advance of the Russians Into East Prussia, which was afterward repulsed, re-pulsed, there has 'been no fighting on Gorman soil other than in AlsaccLor-raine. AlsaccLor-raine. Mr. Roeder finds no surplus of food In Germany, but under the regulations regu-lations Imposed for its consumption there Is enough of the plainest kind of sustenance to keep the nation going for another year, irrespective of what tho next harvest may bring forth. He also maintains that so far there in no shortage of men for the army, and from authoritative figures ho calculates cal-culates that there are 10,000,000 men available for military service at the present time, and that 500,000 additional addi-tional will come to the colors every year. This should prove an eye-openor toj the English laborites who arc opposing oppos-ing conscription. Germany is mobilizing mobiliz-ing overy man available for army purposes pur-poses and has millions to call oil Tho allies, if they fail to do likewise, will have fewer men than the central powers, pow-ers, unless Russia is to supply that which Great Britain fails to contribute in numbers. At the ratio Germany is contributing men, England should place at least five million soldiers in the field. |