[Illustration: "What do you think of the paper this morning, Sir?"]
[Illustration: "Quite time we had compulsion, eh?"]
[Illustration: "No good shutting our eyes to facts."]
[Illustration: "What we want is more energy."]
[Illustration: "Of course mistakes will happen"--]
[Illustration: "And it's no good pouring cold water on enthusiasm."]
[Illustration: "I'm hoping for that 'forward push' in the Spring."]
[Illustration: "Well, it will be a great relief when it's all over."]
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[Illustration: PRUSSIAN DREAM OF PEACE IN THE SPRING.]
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