And howsoe'er at times the battle sways
The Army's trust in your command increases;
Patient in preparation, swift in deed,
We find in you the leader that we need.

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"The temperature in Berlin yesterday was 131 degrees Centigrade, which
is the highest temperature since 1848."--_Daily Dispatch._

Equal to about 268 degrees Fahr. and quite hot enough to keep the Imperial
Potsdam boiling.

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"A correspondent who knows a great deal about the coat trade says there
is going to be great difficulty in obtaining coal during the coming
winter."--_Torquay Times._

This will confirm the belief that the shortage of fuel is not unassociated
with the vested interests.

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"We, on the other hand, are just as much entitled, under any sane code
of morals, to bombard Kerman towns as to shoot German soldiers on the
field."--_The Globe._

We think, however, that the inhabitants of these Persian towns might
reasonably object to such vicarious reprisals.