GREAT BRITAIN: Period Piece

The Old School Tie has been rudely yanked by many critics of British Toryism. Last week the Old School Tie snapped back. Up in Parliament rose handsome, grey, 6-ft., athletic Brigadier General Lord Croft, Joint Parliamentary Under Secretary for the War Office. Said he:

"Let us realize that what we defend is as sound as anything yet discovered and cease apologizing for our existence. 'This decaying race' has a finer system of justice and social service than any other land. Nowhere has the gap between wealth and poverty been so narrowed as in our country. In an imperfect world, our faith...

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