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WHAT WILL WIN THE WAR
The differences
between this war numbers she has been able to accumu-
late armament.
and the war of 1914-1918 are many and noticeable. But there is one major difference the significance of which has still to be fully grasped.
It concerns man-power. For this is not a war, as I see it, in which short- age of man-power is likely to contri- bute to the final result. In the last war, exhaustion of man-power was one of the decisive factors.
In the last war Germany was en- gaged on two fronts. The Allies, com- mitted to a number of secondary cam- paigns in addition to their main strug- gle, were neither of them able to re- place the terrific wastage of men.
Their armies dwindled in numbers. The physical standard of new re- cruits was lowered. American inter- vention then became a decisive factor.
It is probably far short of the re- quirements of the 300 Divisions which she hoped, eventually to produce when she started to expand her Armies.
At the beginning of the war she was not credited with more than 120 Divi- sions, plus garrison troops; say about 12,000,000 trained men.
Expansion of the British Army, which started so much later, obviously
-By- Major-General Sir Charles Gwynn.
In this war the available resources of man-power on both sides are great. The theatre of war is severely limited. Initial losses have been small. There is affected by the same factors, lack seems little prospect of numerical of training personnel and of equip- strength being exhausted by a processment. of attrition.
The expansion of the Air Force, and Attrition of material resources and the requirements of reserved occupa- attrition of will power are more likely tions, also make heavy calls on an- to prove decisive factors.
nual classes as they are registered. What does this mean?
Still, the actual number of men un- It means that the war will be wonder arms in the Army is now highly by the side which works hardest and so satisfactory, and is steadily increasing produces more, and by the side which on a system which ensures adequate fights best.
Quantity of production and qualityTHE DOMINIONS' CONTRIBUTION of will and spirit will be decisive.
The question will be asked, to what extent will shortage of men become a factor if new theatres of war are opened?
Before I try to answer that, let me discuss what the actual man-power position is to-day.
training.
The contingents contributed by the Dominions are of special importance because they are definite accessions to our fighting strength of exceptional quality, and are subject to no deduc- tions after their arrival.
The very great contribution that the Dominions make towards munition It is not easy to arrive at any ac-production, food and
raw material curate comparison of the numerical supplies are over and above their con÷ strength of the opposing armies. tributions to our man-power in the
theatre of war.
TWO PO88IBLE DEVELOPMENTS
There are obviously two possibilities which might lead to the opening of new theatres of operation and affect the value of numerical strength.
Of the mobilizable man-power in each case, one cannot say how many will be embodied in, the Armies, in the Air Forces, in the Navies and in in- ternal security services, or how many will be required for munition or food production and other essential duties.
(a) The intervention of Russia or The numerical strength of the other nation at present non-belligerent Armies must also be affected by the on the side of Germany. This would number of men who have received throw a greater strain on the num- military training, and by the arma-erical resources of the Allies. ment and equipment each country possesses.
(b) Further acts of aggression by the Germany against neutrals whom FRANCE'S ́ SOURCE OF STRENGTH | Allies would be bound to assist..
In that case further strain would be France, for instance, having never placed on the resources of both sides, abandoned conscription, possesses a but the resources of the neutral state trained man-power, she is therefore attacked would be an accession in a position to utilize her full mo-allled strength. bilizable quota.
Armament may limit the number of men she can put in the fleld. But her reserves of trained men are a great source of strength and she has been able to allow some 1,000,000 of trained men, for the time being at least, to return to Industrial work.
Germany, on the other hand, has called up only five annual classes o conscripts to add to the 300,000 train- ed men of which her army consisted in 1934,
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A 43-year-old Dutch merchant, Pieter Poulous Dobbe, residing at the Arlington Hotel, Kowloon, was charg- ed before Mr. R. Edwards at the to Central Magistracy with failing report change of address on April 4. Defendant pleaded guilty and was fined $10.
same
No doubt she has taken steps to train many of the men who escaped has conscription, but the number it
On a similar charge, Hendriena been possible to train has probably Van Laer, 25, spinster of the been limited by the number of ins-address was also fined $10. tructors available.
Detective Sergeant J. Headridge One cannot tell, either, for what conducted the prosecution...
Bringing Up. Father
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WISHING-WELL
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