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When you see that the other man is going to

make a move, " Hit hard ! " is undoubtedly a good maxim, and one upon which the Germans have always been taught to rely. There is nothing, then, surprising in their choosing the present moment for action. Indeed, if they intend to maintain the role of attacker, it is a case of- " Now or never !" in the West. Yet another reason which has probably urged Germany on is the knowledge that our Government have taken the- first step in compulsion, and that therefore there is no fear of our resources in the way of men diying up and leaving us stranded. We have got, or shall get, all the men we require to keep an army at two million men in the field.

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