A high officer enters with a telegram.
A wire?
Officer:
Yes, Sire, a wire!
Emperor: Tears open envelope.
You may retire.
Reads
Von Hindenburg has wired to say
Our noble troops have won the day
Captured a Russian Samovar
And several tons of caviar
Vodka a fabulous amount
And Droskys more than we can count
The greatest battle of the war,
Won by the Fourteenth Army Corps
All honour to the Lord therefore,
Likewise the Fourteenth Army Corps.