A SWISS JOKE
SHARPSHOOTER'S REPLY TO : -■'-.GERMAN EMPEROR. •;'. . iA! picture postcard lias arrived in -•Paris from- Switzerland which is said -to be.,all - the rage in the land of "Wil>'iiam Tell,■,and which shows the spirit at present animating the land-locked Republic. The postcard bears the ; -legend 'Kaiser in the country .of .' theVbest rifle-shots;'' -It shows a con- . ; ventional caricature bf the' terrible Emperbrj- hehneted, spurred,)' and ,'. highbooted, -with a hand on the hilt of • his ■big sword. : He is looking with stupe- / faction at-a- simple. Swiss soldier, 'in his plain .Federal uniform, carrying a .rifle: 'In the_ background is a musketry .target, showing a hit full in-the centre of the bull's-eyo. , "., - "And!so,"my"son, " says the terrible ; .'.i William, '.'there', are. 100,000>shot3 liko : -;5"0u., in Switzerland.-.' But suppose I '■-come with 200,000 Prussians?" : "... -"In..that.case, your, replies ;"the Swiss, "we shall each of us fire - - f two shots." ■-■',' ■•-,■.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2279, 13 October 1914, Page 6
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144A SWISS JOKE Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2279, 13 October 1914, Page 6
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