FOUR MILLION MEN
THE AMERICAN PROPOSAL
HOW TO SHORTEN THE WAR.
{AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received August 16, 2.30 p.m.)
WASHINGTON, 15th Auguat. Senator Chamberlain, referring, to General March's statement, pointed out that an enlarged draft was essential if the war was to end early. Mr.. Baker (Secretary for War) said the length of the war would depend entirely on what the Senate would do in increasing the available man-power. To keep a small force in France would be playing Germany's game; while four million Americans in France would enable the Allies to smash' the German lino when they pleased. i
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 41, 16 August 1918, Page 8
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101FOUR MILLION MEN Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 41, 16 August 1918, Page 8
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