CANADA'S WAR MINISTER
ISSUES A STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC (Rec. December 18, 1.20 a.m.) Ottawa, December 17. Colonel Hughes, Minister for War, in a statement to the Canadian public, says it is unlikely that General Joffre will make an immediate advance to drive the Germans ■ from Belgium, as Britain and France are by no means yet ready for the great offensive movement. ' Colonel Hughes does not think it likely the war will end, soon, as Germany's preparations were far more complete than oven the outside military experts were aware. Canada must be prepared to arm eight per cent, of nor male population if necessary. Hβ was glad that to some extent the British people now felt what war was really like, which would awaken them to the immensity of the conflict, and cause them to abandon football and do their duty.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2336, 18 December 1914, Page 5
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141CANADA'S WAR MINISTER Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2336, 18 December 1914, Page 5
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