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Title: Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914

Author: Various

Release Date: April 24, 2009 [EBook #28596]

Language: English

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PUNCH,

OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 147.

NOVEMBER 11, 1914.

CHARIVARIA.

"In Buenos Aires and other parts of Argentina," _The Express_ tells us,
"people are tired of the war, and a brisk trade is being done in the
sale of buttons to be worn by the purchaser, inscribed with the words
'_No me habla de la guerra_' ('Don't talk to me about the war')." The
KAISER, we understand, has now sent for one of these buttons.

* * *

The Crown Prince RUPPRECHT of Bavaria, in an order to his troops last
week, referred to the British in the following words:--"Here is the
enemy which chiefly blocks the way in the direction of restoration of
peace." Conceive a "contemptible little army" being able to do that! It
makes one wonder whether the first epithet was perhaps a misprint for
"contemptuous."

* * *

The Germans are now calling the Allies a Menagerie, though curiously
enough it is the others who have a Turkey waddling after them.

* * *

According to a report which reaches us the crews of the _Goeben_
and _Breslau_ are wearing a most curious garb, being clothed in Turkish
fezes and breaches of neutrality.

* * *

"GERMANS MOWED DOWN FRENCH MARINES' BIG FEET."

_Irish Independent._

This is really a most unfortunate misprint, for it is just this kind of
carping statement that leads the Germans to say we are falling out with
our Allies.

* * *

There is much speculation as to whether there is German blackmail behind
the announcement that the maximum period of quarantine for imported dogs
has been reduced from six months to four.

* * *

The only animals left alive in the Antwerp Zoo are reported to be the
elephants, which are