A BAD NEIGHBOUR.
[arrogant, threatening, bullying— [shifting boundaries at her will, tak-
ing one fair field after another from weaker neighbours. With her belt ostentatiously full of weapons of offence, and ready at a moment's notice to use them, she has always been an unpleasant and disturbing neighbour in Europe. It is difficult for those- living thousands of miles away to understand what it has meant to those living near her. Even here, with the protection of broad seas between us, we know what a disturbing factor the Prussians were with their constant naval menace, but even we can hardly realise what it has meant to France and Russia. Now that war has been forced by the Prussian military leaders upon France, Russia, Itay and ourselves, it would be
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16852, 21 December 1916, Page 5
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129A BAD NEIGHBOUR. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16852, 21 December 1916, Page 5
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