The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-31
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CG Jeff Isi N SEbPlNG TON, II, ".s y, critic n,s. Of :. the hs London T.q ss., who
- Post with a Yellow STATE Statement "t a" t az" IN, aTe u" be mg" oeteum m ., N an Iss
western Ng 'front.' IS d'gfunled and sore al lloyd George and the wehhmans war
r,,n S" and ff iI,Isn. Es s. 8, G." qe g%%o it i is i% gGoss" Sa d., ,' s, CHI Gai :.
tween the Adradc and the North Sea. ' "" ~ "
The British writer said there arc now los German divisions Of l9oWo
men on the western front and that this number will be increased TO 200 dni-
10 "a. IS rapidly a the men can be transported. Giving the Germans this figure
the %"psis@ %o Of JOS IS on the the S "S Of B %Gs ' Fre l%" and d I' a aa,s" o. mel" j"
General taigs statement that his drafts reached him too late to enable him
a poor disposition Of men wa, made on that particular part Of the line but is
Yet US look into the French man power question from The figures given by
At that time France had NOR than 100000 men in the fighting zone %"S s, R had
a ha mI l2 hT more e, men men in the o i%y re-. than she had at the battle Of The M1rne IN
Adding the class of 1918 to the effective, Of last Juy, officially given out then
ana We still have an effective force OF Frcnchmcn OF more than 100000 The
for which 10000 men may have been detached Since Tardens statement there
has been no big French offensive. The casualties could not have been higher
a, for Grea, Britain she has recruited gore than 100000 men, She has
but Ssn her gre. great os ,,o re 10. S,% Of men Gn is in Franc, There hay. been no o.. Gt9 ,l
10000 to 5,@oGo men, Certainly it Is not les, than 2Goo3 at the ABSOLUTE
of her a ~" sons p' ba UsSS been "i tli h%a "'i than "' i%siS' total 5SsiG esaah ao%''i But "a "W wen
to them that the ' French class lass of T p9 has "a, not y ct been n" eaamsd- "2 the It class Of
D@ntbe boy; Of both these leies h1ye been called IN Germany and are SERVING
however il we can help It, and according to secretary Baker We arc going to
Rpington said the American troops are not coming so fast a, some sanyune
estimates toretod tie said the American army can only be a contingent during
'' And only Monday Secretary Baker stated that We will have 10000 men in
France carly in l9iS-that we will have 100000 men n France ready for active
The oklahoman carried a story yesterday from London regarding a critical
.e ,nc~.o t III, ws, H nsJo t, ,' VA, Ir by a S Ssrn"n no SIJI n.,l "I a, ape. IN pM w@I Eli u" J,
million men to E4mopee. and that It took year tor the British to put a million
men Il a battlefield which was quite near them.
It took Britain a year to put a million men in Francc-aros twenty niles
The United States h, nearly half a million men in France today acroe,
We are going to have a million and a half Of mu in France and be ready
to soak up some punishment in the campaign OF 1918
Germany has been trying to convince the world that France has been drained
white for the last three years Now Il She can do the same for Great Britain
behind the army is producing S m more more shells and guns and supplies than eyer be-
order to do the job thoroushy-W MH