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Show THREEMILLION MORE SOLDIERS That Number Must Be Raised by Great Britain in Order to Win. London, Oct. 17, 9:25 p. m "Great Britain needs 3,000,000 more men by spring." This declaration was made today by Brigadier General Sir Eric Swayne, director of recruiting in the northern command, In a speech at Hull. General Swayne estimated that Germany still has between 9,000,000 and 10,000,000 men from the ages of IS to 45, and that, therefore, It Is useless to talk about wearing Germans Ger-mans out In tho spring, said he, Germany would lose more men than the allleB, which would balance the number of the allies and the central powers, but if Great Britain should raise 3,000,000 additional Germany probably would 'recognize that It would be fruitless to continue. Great Britain, he added, did not want compulsion, but unless 3.000,000 more men were recruited by the spring tho military authorities could not be responsible for the war. Reynolds Weekly newspaper, which is tho organ of Sir James Dalzlel. one of the most persistent critics of the government in the house of commons, com-mons, says today "It is almost Impossible to Imagine that the next week or so will pass without changes In the cabinet. Sir Edward Carson, the attorney general, has tendered his resignation because he holds very strong views on vital points of concentration and conduct of war without compulsory service, and has Intimated that unless the cabinet cab-inet takes his views he can no longer attend councils. "There Is every reason to believe that the cabinet will adopt Sir Edwards' Ed-wards' view and thus his resignation probably will be withdrawn. If this is the case at least one and probably more resignations may be expected." oo |