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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 2, 1917

Author: Various

Release Date: February 21, 2005 [EBook #15121]

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 152.

May 2nd, 1917.

CHARIVARIA.

WE envy the freshness of America's experience as a member of the Alliance.
New York will hold its first flag day on June 2nd.

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America is anxious to see a settlement of the Irish Question, but there is
no truth in the rumour that we have cabled to say that we will take on
Mexico if America will take on Ireland.

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VON IHNE, the KAISER'S Court architect, is dead. It is thought that future
alterations to the House of Hohenzollern will not reflect, as heretofore,
the ALL-HIGHEST'S personal taste.

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"Stern measures for King Tino," says a contemporary. We have always felt
that that is where the castigation should take place.

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_The Daily Chronicle_ reminds us that Downing Street owes its origin to an
American. There are some people who never will let bygones be bygones.

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Whole haystacks are said to have been eaten in a night by mice in Victoria,
Australia. The failure of Mr. HUGHES to provide a state cat in each rural
area may, it is thought, prove to be the deciding factor in the present
election campaign.

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The _Tageblatt_ points out that in view of the extreme goodwill of Germany
towards Spain that country cannot possibly find any grievance in the
torpedoing of her ships. This assurance of uninterrupted friendliness has
confirmed the worst fears of the pessimists in Madrid.

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Mr. BALFOUR, it is stated, has invited President WILSON to play a game of
golf. In the event of a match being arranged there is a growing desire that
the occasion should be made a half-holiday throughout the war-area.

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The Ministry of Shipping, it is stated, employs o