UNITED STATES.
' TO WHIP THE GERMANS.
CONCENTRATED AMERICAN EFFORT
Washington, August 15, General March announces that/ President Wilson is firmly convinced that American military policy ought to be centred on the Western front and that' he has been declined to be diverted from that one thing. The United States purpose' now is to furnish enough man-power as early as possible so as to whip the Germans. An additional 2,300j000 men'are required.— CaWe Asftoc'. '
EAGER JIESIS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS.*
New August 15. The New York Times Washington correspondent states that Mr, Baker, ilhis'trating the eagerness of the American corps to enter tihe conflict told corres pendents that the troopers of a Chicago regiment with the Australians, when forbidden to take part in the Australian attack against ffiwne 1 on April t because the commander considered their training insufficient, borrowed Austinhan uniforms and tocfk pari in tte capture of Hamel side by side witß the Australians.
It is presumed they are the' same American soldiers who, according to press dispatches, were decorated by King George for aiding iri the Capture of Hamel.-;Au*-N:Z. Oaible 'Assoc.
EEITtSH EBCOGNSTION OF C2ECHU-> SIJOVAKS.
New YorE, August IS. The PreSs praises the British recognition of the Czechoslovaks, and urges the United States to follow suit. Professor Masaryk, .president of the Ozeebo-Slovak National Council, in thanking Mr Balfour for the British recognition of the Czechoslovak nation, asserts that the step is conclusive evidence to all the oppressed nations of Austria-Hungary that Britain is engafcin a war of liberation.
Bohemia, when free, was iri close political arid spiritual union with the British nation, and the present action restored this uniori, liberated Bohemia, and was an effectual barrier against PanGerman aggression.—AUS.-N.Z. Cable Assoc.
FOUR MILLION MEN WANTED. Washington, August IS., Senator Ch'amlberlain, quoting General March, pointed out that an enlarged draft was essential if the war was to end early. Secretary Bate says that the war's length depends entirely upon what the Senate will do towards increasing the man-powpf. A small force in Franee meant playing Germany's game while four million Americans in France would enable the Allies to smash the German line when they pleased. Washington, August 15. The Military Committee of the Senate learned from General March. Chief of Staff, that the United ©totes'ought, to send four million men to France. The new war programme contemplates SO United States divisions next June on the West front, where it is booed the war will be decided.
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