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Show oo FACING THE WORST. On returning from the battlefront, Secretary of War Newton D. Baker is Quoted a.- saying men must be rushed to France with all possible speed. Surely this is not given out as something some-thing new. Not one doubt has existed wince America went into the war that our troops were needed on the other side, and of late the necessity has bepn so imperative as to require no emphasis. em-phasis. As a result of Secretary Baker's observations ob-servations on the scene of conflict, congress is to be urged to provide means for increasing our army to 3,-000,000 3,-000,000 and to lay the foundation for a force of 5.000,000. Why not plan for 10.000.000 troops? Why not construct a skeleton organization, organ-ization, capable of embracing 10,000, 000 men. and then proceed to build to those proportions? This country may be called on to fight with all the power it possesses. It may be necessary to send 5.000,000 men to France, and keep at hom an equally large force. When we reach that point, thru shall come the full knowledge of what war means Looking to the future, and seeine the darkest side, we should begin to bring pressure on Spain In an tffoii to draw that country Into the fight. Not that Spain could do much mor5 than help in a small way to supply our troops with goodp, but as a safeguard in case of a forced retreat out of France. With an exit over the Pyrenees and down through Spain, our soldiers could continue to fight when all seemed lost, and retreat to Gibraltar and finally cross by ships to Morocco, secure behind the combined fleets of America and Great Britain. That is an extreme view of what may happen. hap-pen. Nevertheless it is a possibility I oo |