Stage Whisper at Westminster.—The Comedy of Committee now tends towards becoming Mellor-drama.
"NANA WOULD NOT GIVE ME A BOW-WOW!"
A Pretty Little Song for Pettish Little Emperors.
(Latest Teutonic Version of Mr. Joseph Tabrar's Popular Song.)
[The German Emperor is reported to have said, "It was impossible for me to anticipate the rejection of the Army Bills, so fully did I rely upon the patriotism of the Imperial Diet to accept them unreservedly. A patriotic minority has been unable to prevail against the majority.... I was compelled to resort to a dissolution, and I look forward to the acceptance of the Bills by the new Reichstag. Should this expectation be again disappointed, I am determined to use every means in my power to achieve my purpose."—The Times.]
Wilful Wilhelm sings:—
You ask me why I do not smile; the reason you shall know;