His dictum in 1914 regarding the! length of the war, then just begun: '"Three years if Russia stays in, five years if she goes out," was not the least of many instances of far-sightedness. The results of this rare endowment were potent to stave off disaster at a critical time. Had it not been for the immediate preparation "of the Kitchener Army 'We should not) have had sufficient troops available to relieve the French and enable them to withstand successfully the' German menace to Verdun Lorp Hatpaxe.
One gathers that the campaign against Viscount Haldane during the war made Lord Kitchener very angry. There is no doubt that the' Field-Marsha] had " high opinion Lord Haldane's capacity. His
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