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Show DISADVANTAGE OF DISSENSION. William Waldorf Astor, before he set out for his English home, said, apropos of the Russo-Japanese war: "Nations engaged In war not only harm tach other, but they lay themselves open to harm at the hands of all sorts of oilier nations. "In fact, two nations at war are In tfir defenseless and gullible position of a certain cer-tain English married couple. "This couple will fall out and cease to speak to one another for a year or more at a time. They have a beautiful country house, and there is ascertain elderly matron, ma-tron, a great boro, who visits them continually. con-tinually. "Someone asked this matron which of the pair was always inviting her. She answered an-swered frankly: , " 'Neither invites me ever, but sine they don't speak to each other, each always al-ways thhiks I am the other's guest." " New York Tribune. . |