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BRITISH EMPIRE AT WAR
Great Britain will be just but inexorable. The people will see to it that the great sacrifices that have been made by every family, from the highest to the lowest, have not been made in vain. In the meanwhile, as the duration of hostilities is unknown, Great Britain is making preparations for a long war, and is not leaving to chance anything that human foresight can provide against, as she is fully alive to the tremendous issues at stake.
