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What further need, then, for bleeding our exhausted treasury?
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gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “What further need, then, for bleeding our exhausted treasury?”
Editor's note · Context
This statement questions the need for further financial sacrifices in light of recent developments in the war.
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