Neutrality? The crucifixion of public opinion . afterward. The New York Sun occasion-ally has a sense of humor, as isshown in the reproduction ofthis cartoon. This pictures Ad-miral Von Tirpitz holding theBritish Lion in a very tenderspot and is entitled: WhoSaid Rats? The Hon. LordWinston Spencer Churchill, for-merly Chief of the Admiralty,now kicked out of office, who hasfirst used the expression of rats as applied to thw German fleet,is now known and called the official rat catcher of England. Speaking at a great meeting in Liverpool, this specimen ofan English Admiral and gentleman said: I
Neutrality? The crucifixion of public opinion . afterward. The New York Sun occasion-ally has a sense of humor, as isshown in the reproduction ofthis cartoon. This pictures Ad-miral Von Tirpitz holding theBritish Lion in a very tenderspot and is entitled: WhoSaid Rats? The Hon. LordWinston Spencer Churchill, for-merly Chief of the Admiralty,now kicked out of office, who hasfirst used the expression of rats as applied to thw German fleet,is now known and called the official rat catcher of England. Speaking at a great meeting in Liverpool, this specimen ofan English Admiral and gentleman said: If the GermanNavy does not come out and fight, they will be brought out likerats in a hole. No comment is necessary on this sample ofthe Kings English as spoken in these days by the men who aremisguiding English destinies. Englands navy must beproud of her former First Lord of the Admiralty and his fineform of speech. The most uneducated and humble corporalwearing Emperor Wilhelms army uniform would be ashamed ofhimself using such language! 88. Who wiS rtiw -N. Y. Evening Sun. NEUTRALITY 89 Well, the rats did come out and the English feline is hidingand ashamed to show the bites these little rats inflicted and con-tinue to inflict upon her. Nice, lovely, efficient rats theywere, these U fellows, commonly known as German subma-rine boats. The Ratcatcher of England did dig them outwith his squeaky voice, and what they did made history. No man in British politics has cut a poorer and more lament-able figure than this noble specimen of decadent British aris-tocracy. And no sailor, soldier, statesman in British politicshas been the target of more denunciatory criticism for inability,inefficiency and amateurish mediocrity than this rat catchingLord Churchill. His above quoted prophecy that if the German ships didnot come out and fight we would dig them out of their holeslike rats; his prediction that if Zeppelins came to Englandthey would be surrounded by a swarm of hornets, and hiscl
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