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Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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CHELSEA PENSIONERSMaking cigarettes for their comrades wounded In the war. had spoken as follows to Mr. Roy Howard,President of the United Press of America : Sporting terms are pretty well understood whereverEnglish is spoken. I am quite sure they are understoodin America. Well then. The British soldier is a goodsportsman. He enlisted in this war in a sporting spiritin the best sense of that term. He went in to see fairplay to a small nation trampled upon by a bully. Hois fighting for fair play. He has fought as a goodsportsman. By the thousands he has died a goodsportsman. He has never asked anything more than asporting chance. He has not always had that. Whenhe couldnt get it, he didnt quit. He played the game.He didnt squeal, and he has certainly never askedanyone to squeal for him. Under the circumstances the British, now that thefortunes of the game have turned a bit, are not disposedto stop because of the squealing done by Gei-mans ordone for Germans by probably well-meaning but

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