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THE ARCH-SCHEMERS They are the treaty-breakers, And they are the schemers of schemes. Sighing for alien acres, And crossing prohibited streams. Word-givers and word forsakers, Scornful of old regimes, Yet they are the splendid makers Of Europe to-day, it seems. They on their swords relying, Know what the sword is worth; Give arms for the bread to the crying, And smother the voice of dearth; And send their menaces flying To the uttermost ends of the earth— And only by dint of their dying, Shall the good days come to birth. —London “Punch,” 1936.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4534, 9 February 1942, Page 4
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