THE EXPECTED BLOW IN THE WEST

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 110, 26 January 1918, Page 7

THE EXPECTED BLOW IN THE WEST

BRITAIN'S MAN-POWER PROPOSALS

CRITICISM BY COLONEL REPINGTON (Rec. January 25, 8.40 p.m.) _ London, January 24. Colonel Repington, in an article in the "Morning Post," criticises tho Government's man-power proposals. He states that the Germans alone- have accumulated 165 divisions in the West, and estimates that 200 to 220 divisions •eventually -will be thrown against the Anglo-French, although the enemy may attack before the concentrations are complete, in order to forestall the arrival of the Americans. Ho expects the arrival of Austrians, of whom there are some already in Belgium. The British casualties during tho period of tho war are only a little higher than the French dead. Tho British need at least 880,000 mon, in addition to the 450,000 already in view. A hundred thousand should be withdrawn from the distant campaigns, notably Salonika. The comb-out should be increased by 320,000, and conscription, extending to Ireland, should yield 200,000.—Aus - N.Z. Cable Assn. ANTICIPATING THE GERMAN DRIVE GREAT ALUEIToFFENSIVE SUGGESTED. (Rec. January 26, 1.30 a.m.) . New York, January 24. Military authorities suggest that the Allies may anticipate the German drive on tho Western front by a great Allied offensive.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ENEMY PENETRATES FRENCH LINES BUT IS IMMEDIATELY EJECTED. London, January 24. A French communique . states:— "There has been artillery action in the sector of Nieuport, whore the enemy, after penetrating our lines, was immediately ejected. A lively artillery duel, is in progress on the right bank of the Meuse on the sector of Hill 344 and the Chainne Wood. Between January 1 and 10, nineteen enemy aeroplanes were destroyed."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.