ANOTHER SCRAP OF PAPER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 152, 23 November 1914, Page 8

ANOTHER SCRAP OF PAPER.

"The Timi'S, of August 1, vouches for > the following Army Order, issued by the German Kaiser on August 19: "It is my royal and Imperial command that you concentrate your energies, for the immediate present, upon one single purpose, and that is that you address all your skill and all the valour of my soldiers to exterminate first the treacherous English and walk over General French's contemptible little army." Wilhelm, I do not know your whereabouts, The god s elude us. When wo would detect your Earthly address, 'tis veiled in misty doubts Of devious conjecture. At Nancy, in a moist trench, I am told That you performed an unrehearsed lustration; That there you linger, having caught a cold, Followed by Inflammation., Others assert that your asbestos hut, Conveyed (with you inside) to Polish regions, Promised to afford a lucky butt [ To Russia's winged Legions. But whether this, or that (or both) be I true, i Or merely tales of which we have the , air full, In any case, I say, "Oh Wilhelm, do, Do if you can, be careful!" For, if by evil chance, upon your head, Your precious bead, some impious shell alighted, I should regard my dearest hopes as i dead, [ My occupation blighted. I want to save you for another scene, Having perused a certain manifesto That stimulates an itching, a very keen, In every Briton's best-toe— An order issued to your Army's (lowers, (Jiving instructions most precise; and stringent. For the immediate wiping out of our j ''Contemptible" Contingent. Well, that's the reason why I'd see you i spared; So take no risks, but rather heed niy ■warning, ; Because I have a little plan prepared I For Potsdam one fine morning. I see, ring'd about with conquering foesSee you, in penetential robe (with taper)' Invited to assume a bending pose And eat that scrap of paper!