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A WAR THAT DID NOT "FIZZLE OUT."

HOW AN ARTIST ASTONISHED KING EDWARD. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyricbt London, January 18. Mr. R. Caton Woodville,. tho celebrated painter of battle pictures, fn his "Reminiscences' 1 relates. that when ho wa3 painting a portrait of the' ' late King Edward VII he asked the King if ho thought there would .be war ,rn South Africa. ... "Nothing of tho kind,"., said ' His Majesty. "It. will all nzzlo out. If war should break out, 50,000 men will go over tho whole of South Africa like tho proverbial steam roller." ...■ :,s. , : Mr. Woodville replied, . "It mightn't, be quite so easy considering that Kroger has bought 60,000 Mansers. and suffi-. cient ammunition for two years, besides big guns and Maxims." ■■■:: King Edward l was astonished by. thi3 information, and sent to the War Office, where tho authorities for the first, time learnt the truth regarding., the Boer armaments. Within three'.; mouths.', of that timo war broke out...

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1962, 20 January 1914, Page 7

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A WAR THAT DID NOT "FIZZLE OUT." Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1962, 20 January 1914, Page 7

A WAR THAT DID NOT "FIZZLE OUT." Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1962, 20 January 1914, Page 7

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