THE KAISER AND THE CZAR
" You know I love you dearly," said the Kaiser to the Czar : " No human machinations oan our deathless friendship mar, If Europe were our joint domain, the universe would see No squadrons, guns, or regiments, but only amity. I'm bound to keep an army, for you see thero is a foe That's restless and aggressive; so unlike yourself, you know. And as for this, my navy, and my retinue of war, I keep it just for visits " said the Kaiser to the Ozar.
Then onoo again the monaroha awore eternal friends to be' The Kaißer wept, and kissed the Czar as oft as three times three ; Then afterwards he showed to him his new repeating gun, And told him all the mighty things that with it oould be done : How half a dozen Musciviteß or frenchmen m a row Might with a single bullet be despatched to realms below. " But then," he added Bweetly, and invoked his patron star, " I shouldn't think of using it." "Of course not," said the Ozar.
So pleased, hia mighty Majesty of all the Russian lands Shed tears of joy and wept aloud, and grasped his brother's hands " I know you'd never injure me, our hearts are so allied." The Kaiser choked and Bobbed, and said, ." I couldn't if I tried." . 1 1 T8 got a little army, and a gun or bo, it's true." " I think." replied the Kaiser, " that I notioed one or two." Then after telling him that men were never meant to fight, That war ships wpro but ornaments to dress with flags at night, That rifles should be nevtr fired excepting m salute, And if Krupp meant hia guns to kill, then Krupp mußt be a brute This unsophisticated Caar took William to a play. Where Oossaoks m their myriads were mar* ehallod m array — When oannon roared and sabres flashed, and all the pomp of war Btretohed far away as eye could roach along the Baltic shore. With heart inflamed he told his guest how this portentous power An Austro-German-Turkißh force could smash
m half an hour, " But, of course, I wouldn't use them," said
the reassuring Czar. •! Of course not said the Emperor, and winked his oo'ular. — 0.D.0. m the " St Jamct' Gazette.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1968, 12 October 1888, Page 2
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380THE KAISER AND THE CZAR Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1968, 12 October 1888, Page 2
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