UNITED NATIONS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 238, 8 October 1942, Page 6

UNITED NATIONS

COLOSSAL RESERVES

:MORE THAN 15,000,000 MEN

(0.C.) SAX FRANCISCO. Sept. 6. Tiit: United Nation?, rising to their might at an ever-quickening pacc. I have more than 15.000,000 men under arms, with another 16.000,000 to 10 000.000 in reserve, a survey showed on the third anniversary of that fateful September 1 in 1939. when C.ermany invaded Poland to stai t World War 11. The survey was made possible by i publication in Washington of m 'pamphlet bv the OJTicc of War Infer - ! mation. in which that agency told "the thousand million living in the I'nited Nations that 'there is no other road to freedom" but by 'strength of arm- and lighting spirit, i Entitling the pamphlet.._ •'The i Thousand Million. the OAN I- al?o I warned the Axi>_ countries: "\\ e arc | determined to win this war with the | overwhelming might of our comI bined strength—and thereafter to I establish a new ase .if freedom for jail men on this earth. Victory will ; i)c won—and victory will be pre- , served afterward." The pamphlet outlining the military 'strength and backgrounds, of the I'nited Nations, released figure o( ! the si/e of the armed forces of many [of the United Nations—sso.ooo in I Australia. 620,000 in Canada. 2.000,00n in China with between 2.000.000 and ! 5.000.000 in reserve, 500 in Costa Rica with 150.000 in reserve; 2J).000 in Cuba with 80.000 in reserve, fOOO from Czechoslovakia with two more brigades of unestimated strength. :;::00 in Dominican Republic. 5006 in Honduras with 20.000 in reserve. 1.000.0C0 in In lia. 70.000 in Mexico with 65.000 in reserve. 200.000 in New Zealand. 500.000 from Poland. 100.000 in South Africa, and 2.500.000 in Russia, with 12.000.000 men in reserve. The figures were believed by military observers to lie conservative. The Unites States, according to a recent statement by President Roosevelt, has 4.000.000 men under arms, excluding the navy. The navy, before Pearl Harbour, had more than -100.000 men. and it undoubtedly has grown. Together, the figures shov that the United Nations have more than 15.000.000 under arms, with miU.'nns more waiting to take up the fight.