The German Imperial Chancellor'sReichstag speech with regard to theBattle of Jutland was, according to TheDaily Mail, delivered with "an eye onWashington." Not George, of course.
According to the German official announcement,the sinking of the Lützowwas concealed for "military reasons."It is only reasonable to assume thatother and larger prevarications concerningthe North Sea battle may beascribed to "naval reasons."
A remarkable omission from theGerman account of the Naval battleoff Jutland is observed. There is nomention of the destruction of H.M.S.Blockade.
According to the CroydonPublic Library Committee,"readers are turningto Thackeray, Dickens,George Eliot and JaneAusten for relief from warworry." This authoritativestatement will comeas a great shock to Mr.Balfour, who appears tohave been under the impressionthat WinstonChurchill was the popularauthor of the moment.
Under the heading,"Fish-shaped Zeppelin,"The Daily Mail, quotingthe Zurich correspondentof the Nieuwe Courant,describes a monster supposedto have been recentlylaunched by the Germans, whichfires an aerial torpedo weighing 420 lbs.a distance of nine miles. We ourselveswould have preferred the heading,"Fish-shaped Story."
An A.B., fresh from the Naval fight,had read a statement in the Press thatthe Kaiser had given three Hochs! forhis Navy. "Well, I don't give a Damfor it!" said the British tar.
The President of the Republic of SanDomingo has resigned, "to save theState from armed American intervention."We fear that somebody hasbeen pulling the gentleman's leg.
The Pall Mall Gazette on the JumbleSale at the Caledonian Market: "Butthere were bargains for everybody,whether it was an elephant or a daintilybejewelled carrier, a Paris hat or athree-year-old, or a motor-car, or anelephant." One of the lady helpers,discovering at the last moment thatshe had a duplicate elephant, appearsto have brought it along just in timeto catch our contemporary before itwent to press.
In connection with the occupationof Fort Rupel by the Bulgarians it isannounced that General Sarrail istaking the "necessary steps." Yet wecannot be blind to the fact that it wouldhave been better to have forestalled theenemy and taken the necessary front-door.
At a meeting of the Church ReadingUnion at Sion College, Sir FrancisFox, J.P., said that a boy who wasarrested for setting fire to a churchhad told him that he "had seen it onthe cinematograph." This statementhas drawn a spirited protest from anumber of our leading film manufacturers,who point out that the thingcould not possibly have happened, asin all their dramas they have alwaysmade it a rule never to burn anythingless expensive than a cathedral.
An advertisement from The Times:"Very stout gentleman, ineligible Army,requires permanent engagement to actfor Cinema. Had some experience incomedy pictures; fatter than any othermovey actor; weight 22 stone; exceptionalopportunity for British producers,but willing go abroad." What aboutan exchange, on a weight basis, withAmerica, who might send us SirHerbert Tr BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
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