Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 8, 1919

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Jan. 8, 1919, by Various, Edited by Owen Seamen
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The mystery of the Foreign Office official who has not gone to Paris for the Peace Conference has been cleared up. He is the caretaker.
The King and Queen of Roumania, says a Paris paper, will embark after Christmas, orthodox style, for Western Europe. It is easy enough to start a voyage, orthodox style; the difficulty is at the other end.
The supreme command of the German Navy, says a telegram, has been transferred to Wilhelmshaven. This looks like carelessness on the part of the watch at Scapa Flow.
This year's Who's Who has eighty-six more pages than that of last year. On the other hand, since the Election quite a number of people are not Who at all.
The present rule in Who's Who , says The Evening News , is that the more important a man is the less space he is content to occupy. As some of the staff of our evening Press do not occupy any space at all in this excellent publication we leave readers to draw their own conclusions.
The Frankfürter Zeitung observes that the ex-Kaiser has grown very silent and morose. It is supposed that he has something or other on his mind.
A Copenhagen message states that the Spartacus people have three times attempted to murder Count REVENTLOW, who is said to regard these attempts as being in the worst possible taste.
Once again the newspapers have been beaten. It appears that Princess PATRICIA knew of her engagement some time before the Press announced it to Her Royal Highness.
We still believe, says the Kölnische Zeitung , that in thought the German and the Britisher are racially akin. All the same we should not encourage the Hun to come over here with the idea of making a spiritual home among his alleged relatives.