MrPunch's history of modern England . ce with the War party 124 Outbreak of Way in the Cabinet, and bitterly resented the alleged pro-Russiansympathies of Lord Aberdeen. These are hinted at in the cartoonin which the Prime Minister is shown with the British Lionsaying I must let him go, and are unmistakably indicatedin the charges against Lord Aberdeen of blacking the Tsarsboots, and prosecuting the war in a dilatory and half-heartedway. The Manchester School and the Pilgrimage to Russia of the deputation from the Society of Friends to carry to theTsar their protest against the war are severel
MrPunch's history of modern England . ce with the War party 124 Outbreak of Way in the Cabinet, and bitterly resented the alleged pro-Russiansympathies of Lord Aberdeen. These are hinted at in the cartoonin which the Prime Minister is shown with the British Lionsaying I must let him go, and are unmistakably indicatedin the charges against Lord Aberdeen of blacking the Tsarsboots, and prosecuting the war in a dilatory and half-heartedway. The Manchester School and the Pilgrimage to Russia of the deputation from the Society of Friends to carry to theTsar their protest against the war are severely handled. Onthe other hand belief in the righteousness of our cause did notblind Punch to the negligence and w^orse of those charged withthe conduct of military operations and the equipment of ourforces. He regrets the typical English attitude, in regard topreparations, that the whole thing was rather a bore. Theneed of organized efficiency is preached in every number, and,above all, the debt of honour owed by the nation to the rank. Itinerant Newsman. No. 1: I say. Bill, what are you givin em? Ditto, No. 2 : Grand Massacre of the French, and Terrible Slaughter of theBritish Troops. 125 Mr. Pimclis History of Modern England and file of our fighting men and to their dependents. Quiteearly in the war we find this excellent plea on behalf of Thegirls they leave behind them : — It is to be hoped that A Naval Officer, writing inThe Times, will not vainly have called attention to the positionin which the wives of soldiers will be placed by the departure oftheir husbands on foreign service for the defence of Europe andmankind against the enemy Nicholas. As to the soldiers pay, hehalf starves upon it himself, and after his semi-starvation thereremains not the value of a crumb to be handed over to his wife andperhaps children. The girl—and, maybe, the little girls and boys—left by him have surely a claim superior to that of the mate andprogeny of the lazy clown and the sottish an
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