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There is hope that military expenditure in Europe is reaching

its limit. M. de Freycinet, the French War Minister, on Wednesday confessed to the Cham ber that, although German soldiers would outnumber French soldiers, France, with her stationary population, could do no more. That is, she could only go on perfecting her existing supply of men. He added that a greater supply was not needed, for, if war broke out, the limited region which would be the scene of actual opera- tions would be so " crammed " with troops that more could not be brought into effective action. It is terrible to think what the slaughter will be like ; but at least one great mili- tary State has reached the point beyond which further advance is impossible.

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