Leaving then the German vet-rans out of account, Germany has at most worth counting, the 2500, 000 Brown Storm Troops, Black S., and Steel Helmets, under Captain Eist Roehm, It may be assumed that the 90,000 former Reichswehr soldiers are now affeers or non commissioned officers of this force. Some highly qualified neutral experts declare that these 2,500,000 men are no better than a. semi-armed, drilled but untrained body of potential, as yet embryonic sol-Giers. Germany claims they are not soldiers at all. But for the sake of obtaining the best possible ratio for Germany at the start of a tical war to-day, take the '2,500,000 fas fully qualified trained reserves.
At the very best Germany would than have in the field within a few days after mobilization 2,665,000 men against 9,076,000 French, Belgians and Czechs. In all probability she would have to face 17,142,000 French, Belgian, Czechs, Rumanians and Yugoslavs. Probably she would have to face all these plus the Poles, making 14,119,000. "Possibly. showing in the French language different scale, virtually the guage division' as the Gerip. Both maps show that! twenty countries of Europe harbour enough Germans to be worth record-Ing, and that most of the twenty have enough Germans to make them deeply disturbed at the prospect that some day someone may attempt to unite all these Germans into one nation.
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