M. Clemenceau on Friday week told the French Chamber that
not only must the 1919 class of conscripts, who will be nineteen this year, be prepared for active service, but two classes of old conscripts who had been released must be called back to the colours for a few weeks at least. He said also that the 1,200,000 mobilized men who were employed behind the lines might also have to go to the front. The late Ministry under M. Painleve showed hesi- tation in regard to the older conscripts. M. Clemenceau faced the question firmly, and had his reward in the almost unanimous approval of the Chamber. There is no doubt as to the deter- mination of our French Allies to wage the war with all their might The British people, we are convinced, are equally resolute despite all the idle talk of a small, timorous, and half-hearted minority.
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