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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 27, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 5.

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Conscription for China

A SHORT news item, appearing in the Washington Post of Dec. 30, 1915, though not given much prominence, may prove one of the greatest events of even these epoch-making times. China is to have compulsory military service:—
The government has announced that conscription will be inaugurated on Jan. 1, 1916. It will first be put into effect in Chi-li Province, in which Peking is located, and Shantung Province, which adjoins Chi-li Province on the south. Details have not yet been arranged, but are now under consideration by the general staff.
When one considers the possible size of such an army in a country whose inhabitants form one fifth the population of the world, the future looks ominous. We have long expected, in accordance with the teaching of the Bible, that the water of the great river Euphrates is to be dried up, “that the way of the kings of the East might be prepared;” for the whole world will take part in the last great battle of Armageddon.