"It is an established fact that when our airships were, in order
to fly to the fortified place of Great Yarmouth, merely flying
over other places or cities, they were shot at from these places.
It may be assumed with certainty that these shots, which were
aimed at the airships from below, hit them, and probably they
wounded or even killed occupants of the airships. This involves an
English franc-tireur attack, ruthlessly carried out in defiance of
International Law and in the darkness of the night, upon the German
airships, which, without the smallest hostile action, wanted to fly
away over these places....
The airship is a recognised weapon of war, and yet people in England
seem to demand that it shall regard itself as fair game for the
murders performed by a fanatical civil population, and shall not have
the right to defend itself."
By the offer of a princely salary, _Mr. Punch_ has tried to tempt Count
REVENTLOW to join the staff in Bouverie Street. In vain. As
the chief humorist of Central Europe he feels that his services are
indispensable to the Fatherland.
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[Illustration: "OH, MOTHER! HOW I WISH I WAS AN ANGEL!"
"DARLING! WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?"
"OH, BECAUSE THEN, MOTHER, I COULD DROP BOMBS ON THE GERMANS."]
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