Punch, or the London Charivari

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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, February 14, 1917

Author: Various

Editor: Owen Seaman

Release Date: January 5, 2006 [EBook #17471]

Language: English

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 152.

February 14th, 1917.

CHARIVARIA.

"We will hold up wheat, we will hold up meat, we will hold up munitions of war and we will hold up the world's commerce," says Herr BALLIN. Meanwhile his countrymen on the Western front are content to hold up their hands.

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It is reported from German Headquarters that the KAISER intends to confer on Count BERNSTORFF the Iron Cross with white ribbon. This has, we understand, caused consternation in official circles, where it is felt that after all the Count has done his best for Germany.

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"We are at war," says the Berliner Tageblatt, a statement which only goes to prove that there is nothing hidden from the great minds of Germany.

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