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... soldier tells me there is but one way of doing it . You must have enough ammunition to crash in every trench wherein ... soldiers ! * Too Late ? There is only one appeal to employer and em- ployed ; it is the appeal to patriotism ! The ...
... soldier tells me there is but one way of doing it . You must have enough ammunition to crash in every trench wherein ... soldiers ! * Too Late ? There is only one appeal to employer and em- ployed ; it is the appeal to patriotism ! The ...
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... soldiers alone , it depends upon our workmen also . I can see now the difference which it is making in Britain . In the old days the hustler was regarded as an alien enemy who had come to this country to steal the bread of the easygoing ...
... soldiers alone , it depends upon our workmen also . I can see now the difference which it is making in Britain . In the old days the hustler was regarded as an alien enemy who had come to this country to steal the bread of the easygoing ...
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... to - day . Our soldiers sing the songs of Wales in the trenches , and they hold the little Eisteddfod be- hind them . Here is a telegram which has been received by the secretary of the Eisteddfod from them . 44 THE GREAT CRUSADE.
... to - day . Our soldiers sing the songs of Wales in the trenches , and they hold the little Eisteddfod be- hind them . Here is a telegram which has been received by the secretary of the Eisteddfod from them . 44 THE GREAT CRUSADE.
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... soldiers and sailors have taught them to respect it . You have heard the eloquent account of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the achievements of our soldiers . Our sailors are gallantly defend- ing the honour of our country on the ...
... soldiers and sailors have taught them to respect it . You have heard the eloquent account of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the achievements of our soldiers . Our sailors are gallantly defend- ing the honour of our country on the ...
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... soldier who has come back from the front ? There is not one of them who will not tell you how he is encouraged and sustained by hearing the roar of the guns behind him . This is what I want to see : I want to see cheques hurtling ...
... soldier who has come back from the front ? There is not one of them who will not tell you how he is encouraged and sustained by hearing the roar of the guns behind him . This is what I want to see : I want to see cheques hurtling ...
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Page 118 - And let us not be weary in well-doing ; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Page 255 - The settlement of the new Europe must be based on such grounds of reason and justice as will give some promise of stability. Therefore, it is that we feel that government with the consent of the governed must be the basis of any territorial settlement in this war.
Page 256 - Unless international right is recognised by insistence on payment for injury done in defiance of its canons it can never be a reality.
Page 287 - Patriotism, and, clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven. We shall descend into the valleys again ; but as long as the men and women of this generation last, they will carry in their hearts the image of those great mountain peaks whose foundations are not shaken, though Europe rock and sway in the convulsions of a great war.
Page 260 - The natives live in their various tribal organisations under Chiefs and Councils who are competent to consult and speak for their tribes and members and thus to represent their wishes and interests in regard to their disposal. The general principle of national self-determination is, therefore, as applicable in their cases as in those of occupied European territories.
Page 263 - If, then, we are asked what we are fighting for, we reply — as we have often replied — We are fighting for a just and a lasting peace, and we believe that before permanent peace can be hoped for three conditions must be fulfilled. First, the sanctity of treaties must be re-established; secondly, a territorial settlement must be secured based on the right of self-determination or the consent of the governed...
Page 262 - Apart from this, whatever settlement is made will be suitable only to the circumstances under which it is made, and as those circumstances change, changes in the settlement will be called for. So long as the possibility of...
Page 285 - I am sorry to say, a good many years even beyond that. But still our turn will come. It is a great opportunity. It only comes once in many centuries to the children of men.
Page 287 - We have been living in a sheltered valley for generations. We have been too comfortable and too indulgent — many, perhaps, too selfish — and the stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things that matter for a nation — the great peaks we had forgotten, of Honour, Duty, Patriotism, and, clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven.
Page 259 - On the same grounds we regard as vital the satisfaction of the legitimate claims of the Italians for union with those of their own race and tongue. We also mean to press that justice be done to men of Roumanian blood and speech in their legitimate aspirations.