GERMANY'S STAYING POWER

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 25, 29 July 1933, Page 11

GERMANY'S STAYING POWER

"In man-power the British Army in France is 80,000 below establishment, and should be reinforced. There should be a further comb-out, and the Homo Defence Force should bo reduced after the Nuvy has been iuJuced to makemore effective arrangement to prevent invasion. The greatest possible force siic-uld bo available in France by the spring of 1917. ■ "The Entente Powers are suffering from bad communications and defectivo co-operation, apart from Franco and England. The value of the Entente troops of Rumania, Belgium, Serbia, Portugal, and Kussia is low—in tho case of Kussia, through lack of equipment. Tho enemy troops are more mobile and have a moral superiority.

The duration of the war depends on the staying power of Germany's allies. .

"Austria arid Turkey are growing

exhausted, and Bulgaria is weakened by its previous wars. Germany is, however, fighting with undiminished vigour, and can continue the war for as yet an indefinite period. But her supplies of food will become very short in" another six months.

'' The C.I.G.S. 's conclusion is that the end of the war cannot yet be predicted. We must be prepared to put our whole effort, tighten tha blockade, rally every available man, and face still greater strain and sacrifice, to secure the peace we desire." ' Sir 1 William Bobertson ended his memorandum with a table showing that the Entente armies numbered 13,838,000, compared with 9,120,000 enemy forces, and that their available reserves were 8,937,000 against 3,212,000 enemy. It was an ominous fact that of the 13,838,000 Allied troops 5,357,000 were Eussian and Rumanian, and of the reserves 6,880,000 wbre Bussian and Kumanian.