The prolonged state of crisis in which the country has been kept by externalwar while strengthening the ruling party by rallying even their enemies totheir supp... » 

The prolonged state of crisis in which the country has been kept by externalwar while strengthening the ruling party by rallying even their enemies totheir support has had the other effects that a national crisis always has onthe internal politics of a country. Methods of government which in normal timeswould no doubt be softened or disguised by ceremonial usage are used nakedlyand justified by necessity. «