At least to let its pockets bleed;
And get your tradesmen kindly to forgo
Their traffic with a common foe.
O. S.
HISTORY'S REPETITIONS.
[It may be interesting to compare modern war items with some which have been culled from our own contemporary records of the past.]
From The Early British Weekly, circ. 50 B.C.:—
The Chief Druid's Fund to provide woad for our gallant troops at the Front continues to progress.
Tried yesterday for flint-and-steel signalling to the enemy, a Roman spy was convicted and axed.