Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06

enjoying they were worth fighting
for, without trying to throw the bur-
den of protecting them upon Great
Britain. Canada, with but s,0OO.OO0
population. has voluntarily enlisted
100000 men. not all of whom were
accepted, and for more than four
years has maintained a full army
corps in France, despite casualties
amounting to more than 10000.
Other Countries Hard Hit.
IF you were in the war today on
the same basis proportionate to popu-
lation as Canada" said Col. Dennis,
you would have 100000 men in
France and would have suffered over
100000 casualties; if you were in
to the same extent as England, you
would have 100000 men under arms
and would have 100000 casualties;
if taking part in proportion to Scot
land, you would have 100000 in your
Army with proportionate losses. and
finally, if engaged in war as France
is. your Army would number 15.0OO.-
GOO and your casualties upward of
100000. These figures will make
clear what this war means to Great
Britain and to France, who have been
engaged for four years."
When the United States entered the
war. Col. Dennis continued, Canada
and all the allied nations felt that the
maj outcome was SeCtle0.
las soon as the United States can
mobilize it's almost inexhaustible man
power, get the soldiers over there and
back them up with the materials that
the resources of your country can pro-
vide we can all see what is going to
happen to the kaiser and his murder
Gus, raping, plundering gang. Great
Britain, France. Italy and the other
allied countries to whom you have
loaned vast sums, have the record of
paying their debts, and when we win
will pay, but if we lose. you will be
looked to by Germany to pay the total
bill, and this was the message brought
to you direct from the kaiser by AM
bassador Gerard"
Need of International Action.
After reviewing the strenuous eff
forts made by the mission to recruit
Britishers and Canadians in the United
States, only $1,000 of whom had offer
ed their services out of total of
$780, of military age, Col. Dennis
explained that the international draft
convention was needed because 2S5,-
900 of them had claimed British citl-
zenship. which excluded them from
the United States draft, but had
not volunteered ito supply the man
power needed by the countries of their
BIRTH
lHdl every d.
Canadian who volunteered during the
sixty-day period ending at mignight
on September % would be given a
certificate if found medically unfit,
which would be exchanged for an ex-
emption certificate issued by the Brit
ish amba ssador at Washington, which
certificate would be recognized by
the United States. Col Dennis con-
tinued:
Nov what is going to happen to
the Britons and Canadians who have
not volunteered or been exempted
when midnight strikes on September
% next I will tell you: From that
date and for all time thereafter they
and their children and grandchildren
after them will be branded in the
eyes of the world as men without a
country-duty dodgers. duty shirkers
and slackers who would not respond
to the agonizing appeal for help from
the country of their birth and ma
tionality, and who had to be turned
over, through the provisions of a
treaty to the country of their resi-
dence to be forcefully made to do
their duty. and our sincere hope is
that early in the morning of Septefn-
Der 90 Uncle Sam will take every one
of these Britons and Canadians by
the back of the neck and march them
down the street to the nearest mill
tary camp"