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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914 Author: Various Release Date: April 7, 2008 [EBook #25010] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH *** Produced by Matt Whittaker, Malcolm Farmer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. 146. APRIL 29, 1914. CHARIVARIA. CAPTAIN FORT, a French army airman from Chalons, flew over the German frontier, last week, by mistake, and alighted in Lorraine, but flew back again before the German police arrived. We think he should have waited. It is just little discourtesies such as this that accentuate ill-feeling between nations. * * * Mr. H. W. THORNTON, the new American manager of the Great Eastern Railway, says that his ideal is to satisfy the public. This disposes of the absurd rumour that his appointment was made in the interests of the shareholders. * * * JACK JOHNSON, the pugilist, is about to become naturalized as a French subject. Frankly, America has brought this on herself. * * * It is possible, by the way, that the knowledge that America could not rely on JACK JOHNSON stiffened President HUERTA'S back. * * * In at least one of our colonies the War Minister is designated "Minister for Defence." This would surely be a more than apt title for Mr. ASQUITH, who has been doing yeoman work of this kind on behalf of his peccant colleagues. * * * Some idea of the confusion which reigned at the fight between BLAKE and BORRELL may be gathered from the following paragraph in _The Liverpool Daily Post_:-- "Blake, who was the taller, at once led the L500 aside, and both men to deposit a further close quarters, and they indulged in in-fighting up to the close of the round." It was certainly shrewd of BLAKE to act as he did in regard to the stakes, for, although he was the taller, it did not necessarily follow that he would win. * * * Stafford H
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