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Show THE HARDER TASK Senator Root, at a luncheon at tho 'Washington' Country Club, said of war- "Our arbitration treaties come nono too soon. The world is getting tired of warl This fact was well brought homo to mc the other day by the remark re-mark of an English diplomat, I "He said that at the end of tho Boer war, two Unionists were wrang-i wrang-i ling at a dinner. " 'I,' said the first Unionist, a lieu-tenant lieu-tenant of volunteers 'I went to tho war and defended my pouutry.' " 'Pflhaw, whal of thnt?' tho other retorted. 'I stayed in my country and defended the war. |