THE ARCHBISHOP'S APOLOGIA.

["I resent exceedingly the gross and vulgar way in which the German Emperor has been treated in the newspapers.... I have a personal memory of the Emperor very sacred to me."—The Archbishop of York.]

His Grace of York maintains the Kaiser's

Merely the dupe of bad advisers,

And, simply to avoid a fuss,

Reluctantly made war on us.

One marvels what his Grace will say

When, peradventure, some fine day,

Thanks to his German friend, he hears

York Minster crashing round his ears!