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he believed it because he did. and that is that He believed conscriptionwas necessary because it was a numbers war. After the battle of Vimy Ridge(?) or Passchaedeale(?) and loosing so many soldiers he belived that it was necessary to enforce a law that would make all of the elligable men for fighting, because it was a war of attrition

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