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Show BRITISH CANNOT RAISE BIG ARMY Berlin, Dec. 2, by wireless to Saj'-ville. Saj'-ville. The reported declaration of Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, British war secretary, that Great Britain would have 4,000,000 men under arms by next March and would be in a position po-sition to arm and provision 6,000,000 Russians Is analyzed In a statement issued by the Overseas News agency today. It declares that German military mili-tary circles do not believe the British can raise anything like the number of men mentioned and argues that the quality of the Russian troops which might be put under arms would be decidedly de-cidedly poor. "Military men cannot see where Russia will get tho officers necessary for tho command of 6,000,000 soldiers," sol-diers," says the news agency, "to say nothing- of the financial question involved. in-volved. "On the other hand, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey are not wasting time and their reserves, it ia declared, will outnumber those of their enemies." |