Three Years Ago
An article in an English paper, of so recent a da(e as thirteen months' prior to the outbreak of war, maikes ra/ther strange aud somewhat Humiliating; reading to day. It is headed, "Die F/eund. sciharft," and begins thus:—"lt was a happy idea to open the Anglo-German inhibition at the Crystal Palace with a Choral Ode. The author is the Duke of Argyll, audi the musio is by John Ulrioh. The verses are alternately in German and English" :— Blood is of all bonds the strongest— v One the Saxon blood we share; So let Britons work with Germans, And be brothers everywhere. A.ve united, ehow to orders How we win the peaceful mart As we forward march like brothers, One in mindi and one in heart.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 July 1916, Page 3
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128Three Years Ago Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 July 1916, Page 3
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