Kitchner’s Caustic Comment.
A story is going the rounds about what Lord Kitchener, the British war secretary, said the other day after he had inspected some defense works on the east coast of England. It is short and sweet.
The war minister motored from point to point, walked over the ground, but never said a word all afternoon until the moment he was leaving for London. Then he opened his grim mouth.
“Those trenches of yours,” he said, “wouldn’t keep out the Salvation Army.”