Punch/Volume 147/Issue 3830/The Archbishop's Apologia
["I resent exceedingly the gross and vulgar way in which the German Emperor has been treated in the newspapers... I have a personal memory of the Emperor very sacred to me."—The Archbishop of York.]
His Grace of York maintains the Kaiser's
Merely the dupe of had advisers,
And, simply to avoid a fuss,
Reluctantly made war on us.
Merely the dupe of had advisers,
And, simply to avoid a fuss,
Reluctantly made war on us.
One marvels what his Grace will say
When, peradventure, some fine day,
Thanks to his German friend, he hears
York Minster crashing round his ears!
When, peradventure, some fine day,
Thanks to his German friend, he hears
York Minster crashing round his ears!