“DOOLEY” ON WAR.
(From Hears! k .1 ■ a*.•. > ■‘■Tliert 'j no doubt a bo at it v. 1- ; ,T {lung; f’r rh ’ w arr-H 1 a. ti ' tV ' Shindig if- " a it : V t : i -'' • ; r vt'sirs in h’sUr w" ' f v C(V.;>o, tl.-- i e Uavv V.’Ci'n a. ■; art hr -•{ ■ -.•>.• ». • ' y .fare tin'../ v t:j? :;tn.y r. . t | don ’t -stand to ra non tl-,; h-.yrti-u | ouidjlciiied p*>r»j.li* (rod sb.m mu-h or! j as hard as us hoi ns to .1! tl; * s g-.-s, Hogau calls vs. 8.. t ''.hat’s m-i!;;:!.* to Gne Is that noae ;v the hoys k ar ’re runnirt’ ;b‘.s magnifl.-e -1 aif that’s, doing so ranch f’r th ’ wnmd f.s, willin' to take tli ’ blame it. “When ye thry to ft ml out \ -ho ■ serves {h 7 ho>i.r ,v ad that a w jw;h 1: ■ 1)0 placed around his neck, thry t il ]■ it up to th ’ other fcllo".. TV,.-’ {'■ man Imp’ror blames it on tl ‘ K • van ('"v r, 1 ; the R nosey:, u C blames it on Francis J. llapsburg. that binivollnt dish pot says ’l'vis ■-. ed by th ’ treachery iv Pavfljous Ah'.which is th ! proud title ’no v iiicli I. -land has always been known to ;• great Allies. Ye’d think ’rv-T.s so: hciribrle crime instead iv a blesdn ’ tU(had been committed. I don't raid., stand it. If I was as proud iv th’ as me frind Imp’ror Will’.mi _ .s. 'wndden’t be ashamed to come O' f : Say I done it. Ye bet I wiidd-ai’t. i : 'fearryiny modesty too far to y ret ye knew nawthln ’ about ;t. an, g all th’ credit to ye’er inimics. B-.t ! .stead of steppin’ to tli’ footlights th-’ westhren thesytre Iv war rt ti call iv 'Author,’ this shy peti: U • says: 'This on speak able athrocity tl ■will carry th’ bin:fits iv German c’v” sation to th ’ ends iv pas’ ,in. th ’ place iv th ’ Parthyuon a sootaid , thructure iv iron an’ rein forced co erete with a heoroic, tint. l.fes;z : statue iv mosilf in gucmetsl on top this dhreadful blessin’ in disguise, say, can’t be blamed onto me be ha thray.’ An’ all th’ kings an’ imp To: an’ diplomats ar-re savin’ th ’ sum thing, on’y. thy’re winkin’ <»v«r the shoulders .an ’ whisp’r. r.; ‘ B«tw tThug and Thug, I done it, but I do' want to sry so out loud. There mly ■b.e sofuc widows on-’ ‘orphan*? i.sti'--.-; "An’ here I was thSnk’.n * there r. : -r vvud be another war worth g-’e’ nee. Tli’ Dove iv kvac,? neve; •ho. loud as lie did Us’ summer. 1 ■<ufo Andhvew Carnsygie wud {•*•’■ /pr or th ’ Hague Ckr-.f ■ ■ r-kcfs. or if ’■ o;;■ i uc . 1 ■■ ’ ’ ’ soi v' l sts w’ui step in :u. ’ ’ : A in two imp To s begun rcl ’ f ■ each other. 1 1-oked {;•• '<•£ ' •' b't between lli'm and’ a.-y: V,. '■ v>y.». none Iv Hint. Herts ’a. fifty a ’ on dollars f’r each Iv ye. Now shr. lands, an’ go Ivy yc-ersTves a f-w • liveries.’ Th ; n Ik ore was ti. ’ If: . ■ f he’.co. 'i'li.’ idee t ' hi. ’t*<»r p lied oil Ills coat <e-.l to cl .mb over ik’ rch-i,:-. ' a polk.r.u-•• • v 1 rr 1) rot 1 * ■ ■ • ■ U. {'• kl- ti.. !K bef c t i. ■’ ■V : ‘li’:■ put ',:■• !■• ; ’■■• dr '•••. 'h ' 1...'- c. if ■' ’ H p. - r ■ic- . ’r ■ • 0 cueyik't iff uitii li.M's'e m< I. ; s so-.' i h ’ bunkers. d “use to supply th ’ change to. w>rry. th’ war. -An’ lost iv all, th ’ consarv five capitalists, iv th’ wurntld looke to th’ soeyalists t<’ protect thin;. Evr’ ivear th ’ Fr’rinch an’ Gorman 800"' ists met togctitor, while on furloug from th’ army, an’ passed resolution •juttin’ an end to v-'j.r. Sr.ys Her i’’ritss Bibhel. th ’ cillybrated Gorma uvcyalist loadier in th’ Kick tag; 'Thor •livir will be aaothei ir.ternatyoiK conflict. Us Kocylists will stop it. witi 1 >nr mighty power,’ says he. 'Thru ■ ’r ye, ’ says hfoosoo I.oc-ey Duplex, th hampion Iv th’ pruoloo: ooris r Fr’ranee. ‘lf th’ tyrants tliry t fv.oreo us to slay our brothers we w” .■'all a sthrlko, \Ve will sind a wnlkir . -;.l illy gate around to th’ war to whisth .!i ’ boys 01T th’ job,’ be says. An 'hoy kissed an’ wint home, "Thin somethin’ happened . I don’' know what it was, an’ be th’ look h .things I nivir will know. I, can’t goi army line fr’om th’ daplymatic corry spondince, Hinnissy. A Euro-pean dip- . plymat wud lok down on Dock Cook -pas an awkward beginner in their pro flssyon. Thirty or forty years fr’m now some ol’ fellow will write a book tellin’ how th’ war ra’ly started. The Fr-rinch ambassadure caught th ’ Prime Minister iv England with an ace in his sleeve, or th’ Czar called up th’ Impror iv Austbree an’ used such language ti him that th’ company threatened fc take out th’ oillyphone. Anyhow, in less thin two hours-’ time there was started what th’ pa-apers call th' gr’reatest war since th’ Punic wars, which I do not recall. Th ’ King iv England ordhoml his fleet to dcsthroy th’ Gorman navy, an’ removed . with ■h\s fani’ly to th’ counthry. Th’ Austhreens an’ th ’ Rooshyans begun to capture an* re-capture manny gr-reat in’ prosp’rous cities c-gimiin’ with a in Poland. An’ th ’ Inrp-rror iv Germany put on one iv his sivinty-eigiit • -.ariefics iv unyforms an’ come but on K’ front stoop iv th’ palace an’ says he, 'Thisis no ordbinary war. This is ■ fracas f’r humanity, f’r civilisation, culture, f’r art, f’r all that is •heautiful in modern life,’ lie says. So, says he, 'I intind,’ he says, 'to ‘.ur-rn th’ wurrnld into a puddle iv ’•.load which,’ lie says, ‘is rny idee iv ■omethiag pretty to look at,’ he say- " Well, thinks I to mosilf, now’s th time w hin th ’ frinds iv peace will cut in and’ break up th’s rough pro-cec-d----inors. ‘‘But lo an’ behold! "I pick up th’ pa’aper 0 noothral
! ) Evctallan brlrgs me every d»y I r ;« i ’ compensti-uSian re:o;: J[;-, Audhrew Cnnmygic heavily disguised be declinin’ to be interviewed. hurriedly sailed fr home tc-de.". ’ In th ’ 11 ex’ colyum I see that lb’ peace nrii-.-e is closed, an’ there’s a notice or. - th’ dure tha 1 th dil’ygates fi ’iu ; land. Rooshyar G.-rm-tuy, Pr-ranee, Aosj three, a a ’ Japan lias left to jir.e thehrigimints, an’ tli' d.-llygatos ' 1 ui Pt>- : jyj.jm has gone back to his native conni thry to try an’ locate where bis home i ijaed to be. A so.jer with a round head 1 dhrops in at th’ bank an’ empties tli ’ j cash • drawer into his pocket.’’
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 170, 23 March 1915, Page 6
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