Walter Emanuel, Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3834… (19th and 20th century)
“ Some of the German newspapers have been organising a symposium on the subject of how to spend the coming Christmas. Herr Arthur von Gwinner, director of the Deutsche Bank, is evidently something of a humourist. "More than ever," he says, "in the exercise of works of love and charity." We rather doubt whether the Herr Direktor's irony will be appreciated in high quarters. ”
Walter Emanuel, Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3834… (19th and 20th century)
“ Thomas Burt, M.P., Father of the House of Commons, has decided to resign his seat in Parliament. This does not however mean that the House will be left an orphan. Another father will be found at once. ”
Walter Emanuel, Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3834… (19th and 20th century)
“ The same journal announces that General von Diedenhofen, the commander at Karlsruhe, has issued a proclamation expressing his "indignation at the dishonourable conduct" of three German Red-Cross Nurses who have married wounded French prisoners. It certainly does look like taking advantage of the poor fellows when they were more or less helpless. ”
