•We have no efficient national army of defence because the • governing classes cannot trust .the people, and tho people cannot trust the ■ governing classes. That is why tho Germans aro prepared to invade us at tho very first opportunity; that is why our fleet is threatening Germany in the North Sea. Tho'situation is one of deadly peril. — Robert Blatchford, in "Clarion." It sounds rather absurd, but to be considered chic in Paris to-day one.must murmur instead of speak, hold one's fork with two fingers, not touch the bread, and sit on tho : edgo of one's chair!—"Cri de Paris," Vd m-
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 319, 5 October 1908, Page 8
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