MORE MEN NECESSARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16326, 5 September 1916, Page 8

MORE MEN NECESSARY.

ESTIMATE OF MAN-POWER.

PREPONDERANCE AT ALL POINTS.

LONDON, August 26. Colonel Repington, military correspondent of the London Times, says:— " The allies need more man-power before they can successfully attack on all fronts. The enemy is holding the central positions, henco wo must have a general superiority, and then superiority at decisivo points, with the greatest margin possible. Estimates of the allies' man-power still available give us 3,800,000 in Britain. Tho numbers overseas are not ascertainable. There arc the vast untapped sources of India and Africa, and many millions in Russia, whose difficulty, that of weapons, will bo overcomo by next spring, when Britain will be able to supply them. "Therefore, we have a vast potential man-power. The Germans' man-power is failing. They have recently been compelled to reduce the numbers of battalions in order to keep up their divisions. "The eventual success of tho allies is assured. Our spirit of determination is equal to that of Germany, whilo we have a larger population and resources and naval superiority. We can fit out armies for 1917-1918 which will ultimately crush the most frantic German efforts. We can last longer, and, therefore, will only bo satisfied with tho complete payment of the demands of tho allies. And we will end up with such formidable military power as will prevent Germany from facing war again in our generation.

" Our policy is to go on killing Germans and to avoid rash adventures and bad tactics and strategy, because success is assured. Germany's sole hope is to resist in the endeavour to frighten our decadents and weaklings. Many allied soldiers firmly believe that the politicians will ' sell the pass' in the end, but the nation will not tolerate a weak peace, and would probably hang a Government that consented."