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Moral Forces in War. V On one side of King Arthur'a magic sword was written "Take me," and on the other "Throw me away, and the words might almost have been adopted by Britain as guiding rules, 80 closely have they been followed by her since the beginnings of her greatness. They serve as a constant reminder that merely to become a great warrior cr great nation of warriors la to accomplish little of permanent value. The great fighters of old realised the truth of this. Obarles the Great, for example, whose greatness erected for itself an enduring monument in the by which he is baat known more than a mere warrior. Hie greatest work, indeed, wae that which he affected as a legislator and administrator, witness the celebrated Capitularies which ro veal the attention which he gave to the establishment of good gov ernment.
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of grave danger, the finest speci mens of her young manhood would answer the nation's call to arms. British soldiers from the United Kingdom as well as from overasa BOOB convinced their friends and enemies that there was nothing whatsoever “con- temptible about them. Within three hours of the declaration of war British submarines word patrolling the North Sea. The mighty British fleet had "bottled up
the German navy,
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and British troops were landed in France with such celerity and ceareoy that even with all their elaborate system of spies the Germans did not know till some days after that this had bean accomplished. And the British troops, fighting side by side with their gallant allies of France and, Belgium, have given the world proof that they still possess all the qualities which have made the British Army famous in the annals of war, while the prepara- tions which are being made throughout the British Empire to be represented at the front by an army worthy of the respon sibilities of the British position in the world give ssanrance of that triumphant end of the war which Lord Kitchener pro dicted in the House of Lords on Wednesday,
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Lord Kitchener's Statement. portunity of paying a well-merited Lord. Kitohener took the op tribate to what had been done so ably by General Botha. On this eminent statesman soldier, it bas been conclusively proved, that the British Empire can place Serbia's gallant deeds and to Ros- absolute reliance. His Lordship referred in alogistio terms to sia's splendid defeat of the Turks, have dwelt at greater length Though he might pardonably upon the progrees of the Allien will be observed that his Lord- and of their achievements, it ship's statement is of a sober and calm character. There is, however, init
pate
of
quiet confidence that is very re- assuring What Lord Kitchener has to say regarding the recruit ing in the United Kingdom is Likewise ad
of a very satisfactory nature and goes to prove that there is no ned for much of the pessimism that has been rife in certain quartera. The men money andumunitions are there and will be forthcoming and a half of men are wanted. Meantime fully a and of that number at million are in solīve tra every aspect, there Kitcheners statement clear that well with
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