THE MILITARY REASON.
"FOR MILITARY REASONS OUR ARMY HAS WITHDRAWN FROM ERZERUM."
Turkish official communiqué (nearly a week after the event).
Coster (to parish visitor, who has been commiserating with him on the loss of his father). "Yes, Mum, 'e were a splendid father to us and no mistake. Yer see, Mum, there was eleven of us, and I never knowed 'im raise 'is 'and to one of us—'cept as it might be in self-defence."