GERMANY’S DEFENCE.
AN EXTRAORDINARY REPORT. SOME ASTOUNDING FIGURES. United Press Association, Copyright (Received July 19, .4.15 p.m.) BERLIN. July 18. ’ General Blumo has presented uremarkablo report on the German general staff, stating that Germany could put 4,750,000 soldiers in the held in the next war, which would cost Germany £300,000,000 annually, apart from the indirect financial and commercial losses which are far greater. If several European, Powers are in-' volved, as seemed likely, the cost £ would bo proportionately greater. General >Blum 0 estimates an European war of the same duration as the Russian-Japanese war would cause at least 900,000 casualties, anti it would become a veritable orgy of blood.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2247, 20 July 1908, Page 3
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