http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0373934
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1915-08-07
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note: The Week R British Columbia Newspaper and Review The Official Organ of the Victoria Real Estate Exchange fol. XIII, No. 11—13th Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, August 7,1915 5c. a copy, $2.00 a year A Year of War I HAVE been asked to give a personal review of the year of war- faro which started on the first of August, 1914, and to which tlie British Empire dedicated itself anew this week. The task is not an easy one, both because of the gigantic nature of the operations and because of the tremendous import of the issues raised few of which appear likely to reach a final settlement within any period of time which it is possible to define. It has become a trite saying that this is the greatest war of all the ages. The best informed military authorities agree that in the fighting line, in the reserves, and in the various auxiliary armed forces there are not fewer than 20,000,000 men engaged. The actual fighting line at, iall points is believed to embrace a total approximating half this number, but the men under arms represent only a substantial proportion of those who are impressed into the service of the war. SHARING THE WHITE JIAx's BURDEN We know that in Great Britain, and to a large extent in Canada and Australia, not only is every arsenal and munition factory working full time, and over time, to keep the men at tbe front supplied with material, but almost every machine shop has been requisitioned to supplement the work of the ordinary factories. For the first time in the history of warfare our women folk, by the tens of thousands, have tackled the ordinary avocations of men. This is one of the most striking features of the many new conditions produced. | They are not only assuming the duties of postmen, car conductors, elevator attendants, messengers and motor drivers, but are engaged in tlie manufacture of cartridges and small ammunition. Thus has the stern hand of necessity placed its embargo upon the sex, which in previous conflicts has, in the main, had tu suffer…
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Week
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
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language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text