The Turks are now reported to beretiring through the desert, and theGermans are realising that you maytake a horse to the place where there'sno water, but you cannot make himdrink.
"Rapid progress," we read, "is beingmade in the American movement tosupply soldiers at the battle fronts inEurope with Bibles printed in theirown languages." We trust that onewill be supplied to the Kaiser, who,if he ever had one, has evidently mislaidit.
Suggested title for Germany and herallies—The Hunseatic League.
The Vossische Zeitung,talking of the proposedblockade, says, "The dancewill begin on February 18."Germania's toe may not belight, but it is fantastic.
You may know a man bythe company he keeps. TheKaiser's friends are nowthe Jolly Roger and SirRoger Casement.
Messrs. Hagenbeck, ofHamburg, are sendingMajor Mehring, the GermanCommandant at Valenciennes,an elephant. Sowe may expect shortly tobe told by wireless that alarge Indian body has goneover to the Germans.
Earl Grey, speaking at Newcastleon the War, said that a German passengeron the Vaterland remarked tohim, "Can you wonder that we hunger?We have been hungry for two hundredyears and only had one satisfying meal—in1870. We have become hungryagain." The pity, of course, is thatso few Germans can eat quite likegentlemen.
The Dorsets, we are told, have nicknamedtheir body belts "the dadoround the dining-room." In the whirligigof fashion the freeze is now beingousted by its predecessor.
Much of the credit for the admirablefeeding of our Expeditionary Force isdue, we learn, to Brigadier-GeneralLong, the Director of Supplies. Asa caustic Tommy, pointing to his"dining-room," remarked, "one wantsbut little here below, but wants thatlittle Long."
The Deutsche Tageszeitung informsits readers that "the men of theNorth Lancashire Regiment recentlyattempted to force a swarm of bees toattack German soldiers, but the beesturned on the British and severelystung one hundred and twenty of them."After this success it is reported thatthe Death's Head Hussars are adoptinga wasp as a regimental pet.
Talking of regimental pets, the luckyrecipient of Princess Mary's Christmasgift that was packed by the Queen isPrivate Pet, of the Leinster Regiment.
With reference to the private viewof a collapsible hut at the College ofAmbulance last week it is only fair tosay that there is good reason to believethat not a few of those alreadyerected will shortly come under thisdescription.
The Russian Minister of Finance,M. Bark, paid a visit to this countrylast week, and it is rumoured that hehad an interview with another financialmagnate, Mr. Beit, with a view toforming an ideal combination.
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