World War I
_For whatsoever worth or wit appears In this mixed record of five hectic years, This tale of heroes, heroines--and others-- Thank first "O. S." and then his band of brothers Who took their cue, with pencil and with pen, From the gay courage of our fighting men. Theirs be the p...
Returning from my morning fly I met a Fokker in the sky, And, judging from its swift descent, It had a nasty accident. On thinking further of the same I rather fear I was to blame.
6. Chapter 6The report of Mr. Justice Younger's Committee, in which the tale of this atrocity is fully told, is being circulated in neutral countries, and Mr. Will Thorne has suggested that...
4. Chapter 4The war of Notes goes on with unabated energy between Germany and the U.S.A. At home a brief period has been set to the pernicious activities of importunate inquisitors by the a...
11. Chapter 11Parliament has reassembled, and Mr. Punch has been moved to ask Why? Various reasons would no doubt be returned by various members. The Chancellor of the Exchequer wants to obta...
2. Chapter 2The road to Calais has been blocked like that to Paris. Heartening news comes from afar of the fall of Tsing-tau before our redoubtable Japanese allies, and with it the crumblin...
13. Chapter 13With the coming of May the Vision of Victory which had nerved Germany to her greatest effort seemed fading from her sight. With its last days we see them making a second despera...
15. Chapter 15Over here in England I'm slavin' in the rain; Six-an'-six a day we get, an' beds that wanst were clane; Weary on the English work, 'tis killin' me that same-- Och, Muckish Mount...
9. Chapter 9Parliament has been occupied with many matters, from the Report of the Dardanelles Commission to the grievances of Scots bee-keepers. The woes of Ireland have not been forgotten...
14. Chapter 14As the centuries receded came a parting of the ways Till in time the separation went so far That a family was founded who were traders all their days, And another who were alway...
8. Chapter 8Yet if ever you try to express this indebtedness to the wonderful young men who survive, they turn the whole thing into a jest and tell you, for example, that only two things re...
3. Chapter 3A hundred years ago Bismarck was born on April 1, the man who built with blood and iron, but now only the blood remains. Yet one may doubt whether even that strong and ruthless...
10. Chapter 10Far too much fuss has been made about trying to stop Messrs. Ramsay MacDonald and Jowett from leaving England. So far as we can gather they did not threaten to return to this co...
12. Chapter 12"Watchman, what of the night?" The hours pass amid the clash of rumours and discordant voices--optimist, pessimist, pacificist. Only in the answer of the fighting man, who knows...
5. Chapter 5Though the wings of the angel of Peace cannot be heard, peace kite-flying has already begun in Vienna, but Germany is anxious to represent it as unauthorised and improper. Mr. H...
1. Chapter 1_For whatsoever worth or wit appears In this mixed record of five hectic years, This tale of heroes, heroines--and others-- Thank first "O. S." and then his band of brothers Who...
16. Chapter 16Yet even January had its alleviations in the return of the banana, the prospect of unlimited lard, a distinct improvement in the manners of the retail tradesman, the typographic...
17. Chapter 17Gaiety at military hospitals, Gallipoli, Allies land in, Casualties in, Complete evacuation of, Discomforts of, Garibaldi still an animating force in Italy, Gaul to the New Caes...