Mr Ben Tillett, speaking in Hartlepool, said the war would end directly tho Germans realised that the Allies were getting equal to them in material and men. As soon as they recognised that the Allies were superior in armament, peace would be declared within a month. Britain had now raised an army of nearly 4,000,000 men, and the Allies were able to answershell for shell. In the early clays of the war, when material was not so plentiful, he asked General Sarrail how he thought our men; were able to "stick it" in Uio trenches without being able to reply effectively. General Sarrail replied : v " God abovo knows. There is a superhuman quality about your countrymen which I have not understood hitherto." Economical mothers buy "NAZOL"— the best family cough and cold remedy. Ready for instant use. Sixty full doses cost eighteenpence. " NAZOL "is che?— 1 jn the end.— [Advt.]
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Evening Star, Issue 16195, 17 August 1916, Page 5
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