Paris, Jan, 9. ment, that France was peaceful, when Mr. Winston Churchill pub-liely committed himself to the statement that war was impossible, firstly because there was no reason for it and secondly because there was no ground to fight over, when the present Ministers accepted as gospel the German peace talk that fell from the lips of the Germanophile Lord Haldane, who was ion of an understanding, how can we be surprised when the negation of all these facts acts slowly on the public mind?
"We even find a man of such high intelligence as Mr. Balfour unable to make up his mind to sacrifice prejudices of social phraseology to a very urgent national necessity. In vain does the noise of the guns tell all men that they must choose beween life and dreams. The British people will eventually accept the evidence of facts, but There are three French soldiers who do not make war with rifles or other lethal weapons. They are too old or too fat for this kind of thing, but they sing. That is their way of fighting. They are officially recognized as military vocalist They do not wear any spe uni form, but they have their identification discs and eat with the troops; and yet they are generals in their way. They travel up and down the front, giving a concert here and a theatrical show there, with the assistance of such suitable men as can be spared. They are authors, actors, impresarios, scene-painters and ticket-takers as occasion requires. One of them is Theodore Botrel, who was well known before the war as the author, and singer, of many charming Breton songs. He has abandoned his picturesque provincial costume, except his wide-brimmed hat. His confrere Lucien Boyer, who is stout and abundantly bearded, goes from
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