What war? said the

What war? said the Prime Minister sharply. No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think I should have been told. I’ll be damned, he said defiantly, if they shall have a war without consulting me. What’s a cabinet for, if there’s not more mutual confidence than that? What do they … Read more

And when your minister

And when your minister asks you for money for missionary purposes, tell him there are higher, and holier, and nobler missions to be performed at home. When he asks for colleges to educate ministers, tell him you must educate woman, that she may do away with the necessity of ministers, so that they may be … Read more

Kropp on the other

Kropp on the other hand is a thinker. He proposes that a declaration of war should be a kind of popular festival with entrance-tickets and bands, like a bull fight. Then in the arena the ministers and generals of the two countries, dressed in bathing-drawers and armed with clubs, can have it out on themselves. … Read more