am convinced if things go on as they are going, that within five years, or, at the latest, 10 years, we shall have war," said M. Emile Vanderveld, Socialist leader in the Chamber of Deputies, in the course of a debate recently on plans to reorganize the Belgian army. "And what a war," the speaker continued. "Tt will not be between armies, but will be a people's war of burning and asphyxiation." M, Vanderveld declared the military occupation would be ruinous both for France and Belgium. He advocated six months of military Service, such as obtains in Switzerland, declaring this time was ample in which to twain a soldier.
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