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Team PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. 153. SEPTEMBER 26, 1917. CHARIVARIA. Three bandits have been executed in Mexico without a proper trial or sentence. This, we understand, renders the executions null and void. *** The campaign against the cabbage butterfly in this country has reached such an alarming stage that cautious butterflies are now

Team PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. 153. SEPTEMBER 19, 1917. CHARIVARIA. There is no truth in the report that one of the most telling lines in the _National Anthem_ is to be revised so as to read “Confound their Scandiknavish tricks.” *** Grave fears are expressed in certain quarters that the Stockholm Conference has

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. 153. SEPTEMBER 12TH, 1917. CHARIVARIA. The _Cologne Gazette_ is of the opinion that the American troops, when they arrive in France, will be hampered by their ignorance of the various languages. But we understand that the Americans can shoot in any language. *** A weekly periodical is giving away

Team PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. 153. SEPTEMBER 5, 1917. CHARIVARIA. The Kaiser has again visited the High Seas Fleet in security at Wilhelmshaven. Enthusiastic applause greeted the brief speech in which he urged them “to stick to it.” *** There is no truth in the rumour that one of the recently escaped Huns

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. 153. OCTOBER 24, 1917. CHARIVARIA. Those who think that people in high positions live a life of ease and comfort received a rude shock last week. It is said that, while visiting the Royal Enfield Works canteen, the Duke of CONNAUGHT drank two glasses of Government ale. *** Britons

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. 153. OCTOBER 17, 1917. CHARIVARIA. The mutiny of the German sailors at Kiel is now explained. They preferred death to another speech from the KAISER. *** A Constantinople poet has translated the plays of SHAKSPEARE into Turkish. The rendering is said to be faithful to the text, and it

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. 153. OCTOBER 10, 1917. CHARIVARIA. “Of course I cannot be in France and America at the same time,” said Colonel ROOSEVELT to a New York interviewer. The EX-PRESIDENT is a very capable man and we can only conclude that he has not been really trying. *** “The Church of

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. 153. OCTOBER 3, 1917. CHARIVARIA. There is no truth in the rumour that the Imperial Government is trying to secure from KING ALFONSO an agreement that German prisoners shall not escape on Sundays or in batches of more than fifty at a time. *** “Far better another year of

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI VOL. 153 NOVEMBER 28, 1917 CHARIVARIA. “How the Germans never got wind of it,” writes a correspondent of the British attack on the HINDENBURG line, “is a mystery.” The failure of certain M.P.’s to ask questions about it in Parliament beforehand may have had something to do with it. ***

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI VOL. 153 NOVEMBER 21, 1917 CHARIVARIA. More than a million pounds of concealed sugar have been discovered in New York. It is suspected that this was intended as the nucleus of a hoard. *** A contemporary recently stated that LENIN claims to stand for the leadership of Russia. But surely

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. 153. NOVEMBER 14, 1917. CHARIVARIA. People are asking, “Can there be a hidden brain in the Foreign Office?” *** A German posing as a Swiss, and stated by the police to be “a spy and a dangerous character,” has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. The matter will be

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI VOL. 153 JULY 25, 1917 CHARIVARIA. Not one of the morning papers advocated the appointment of Sir Eric Geddes to be First Lord of the Admiralty. A big scoop this for the Government. *** A shortage of paper yarns is reported from Germany. The coarser varieties have apparently all been