The sun., 1918-01-15
BRITAIN TO HOLD
FIRM TILL j. s.
CAN SEND MEN
Calling of 100000 Addi-
tiOnal Men Urged by Ser.
vice Minister.
MORE WOMEN NEEDED
10000 Wanted i'm MunitiOn
WOrk-Irish COnscrip-
tion Postponed.
MORE WOMEN NEEDED
Special Gable DespotcA TO THE Sun

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great German military enort In the west
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by Sir Auckland Gedaes Minister Of
N..,.,
a' VIC u" introducing '"e i,'a"
power DILL Inc speaker asserted that
the British army is stronger than ever
before in nunobers and eou,oment hi,
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'"' '''N"
eher strengthening. lie called upon
Great Britain to raise Immediately from
100000 to 100000 men. and possibly a
r,,,ch ,.r~.r r,,r,hor d,-,,1 ~. COURSE
'"'
oi une year.
mo government mas WITHDRAWN its
preferential treatment OF al oreani"a-
tiohs heretofore exempted from n'i'ar!
service. Aitnousn eio'ooo women are EN-
pIoyed IN the munitions service Ils'ooo
more are heeded immediateiy School-
poFs VIII Dc organized systematically TOT
iaDor In the harvest nelds. Conscription
Will not pe extended TO ireland Tor the
present.
The empire has enrolled 100000
nshfing and labor battalion forces dur
Ing the war. according to Sir Auckland
but needs more men 10 hold its own
against the enemy until the American
strength is available.
eentrai Froniem OF war;
Sir Auckland nrefaced his remarks by
the declaration that nothing could he
more misleading than the suggestion
that the man power problem could be
central nrobieu ~ tho wa
"It rnea ns everythinp" he ,aid "shins
armies. mnn,,ions fooL ,;vht heat and
coaI A, ths r,o,,.nt ,ha ,,o,, anx;ou.
probler, i. No, The s,,nn,v ~ mon Tor tho
army m, wo haya ~ taLo s,nn. aga,rs,
tho t,,ra vhen i, y,;,, ~ 1--WE which
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.ufpc;.rt % ass,,ro ,,c,o,,. ard no,hiro
h,, , nsycholog,caI c,+a stronbe COW s,yo
tho Contra, powers
Burden Falls on britain.
EVERY day the hitting force q, BRIT.
al, hccomer y, graatsr i,n-.or+ance ,o the
alliance Russia M longer strikas for
freedon,. France has noI,re,, rorth h.r
.,reny,h IN ,hs str,xy,s ond c,nnot Gus
tain The fu,i burden ;ndcnni,eIy Amer.
ica 10 pot va, IN tho acid and months
must elapse before ,he can advance with
full stride Italy has suffered grave mis-.
fortunes
"On Britain and on the skill with
which she handles her man mower In the
months 10 come everything ,iepends
"a, sea we must be s,,prcme. in the
air we must win supremacy. and on land
Ne must do the best we can to III the
gan Russia has made until America can
take her placa And all the time VIC
have to keep our vital indus.r .ries going -
Discussing the age question, he said
that the Germans were using boys OF IS
ON the Russian front and that Austria
had raised the limit to 55 years.
Sir Auckland assured the House tina,
the Entente Allies at the present time
in numbers and morale were on equal
terms with the forces OF the enemy AT
present opposed to them, and with the
necessary reerforcemen.s, which would