THE LEOPARD'S SPOTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 181, 31 July 1915, Page 13

THE LEOPARD'S SPOTS.

1 . I SIR ROBERT TEEL OX THE ! GERMANS. I (From Our Special Correspondent.) i LONDON", June 1-2. i The leopard doe* not change his. spots, ■ nor the Kthiopean his skin, and; according to a rcc-ently-discovereil letter of tli«* ■ Sir Robert Peel, the lierman wnr j methods of to-day are inerelv an aceeni tuiited form of the lliinnism common to •| the troops that fought under Bluclier. Mr Charles -I. Phillips, who is compiling I a certain family history, found among I the documents submitted to him an mill published letter of Sir Robert Pod, when • Secretary of the Irish (Mice, to Lord Whitworth. at that limn Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Some tin-,.,, weeks aiftpr -till , battle of Waterloo. Sit- Robert l'eel. with two other member.'- of Parliament, went over to Paris to see the Allies march in. and the following extract is from a letter dated Paris .Inly I r>, 1813: — "Uear Lord Whitworth.—As 1 own my trip to Paris in };re«l mea-ure to the kindness and rcadiiic-s with which you dispensed with my services in Ireland. ' it is but just that I 'shouKl give you some account of mv proceed ings. Croker. i , Fitzgorald, and myself left town on Saturday morning last, the Sth inst. Paris is surrounded by the Lroops of the Allies, and nothing could he more interesting that the present situation of ' it. The streets are crowded with otlicors and'soldiers of all nations. The Knjrlish i arc great favourites, the Prussians held in the greatest detestation; if they had entered Paris alone, or if the crowned i heads had delayed their entry, they (the Prussians) would piobalily have pil- ' laged Paris; they have taken some pic- ( tures from 'the Louvre. . . . They have demanded -the payment of 100,000,000 oi

. franca from the city, and at this moment there arc Prussian Guards in the i house of lVngaiis and some of the other I principnl banker-, who are held as a I surt of hostage for the payment of the I contribution. i "We tfrovo -today to the Depot d' Artillerie. We were told by the sentry that ivp were., woleome to see the Salon hut thiit tin- Prussians had removed everything that it contained—the sword of .loan of Arc. the, knife of Kavaillac, Turonnc's sword. ] am sorry for this, not on account of the mortification which it will inflict on French vanity, lint bemuse I fear the return of the King will In , less popular than it would have been, it he could have preserved entire, at least these national monuments and relics, which arc exclusively French. "We paid a visit to Donon the other day. lie had some Prussians quartered upon him. and was very loud in his ox elamatiolls aj,'»in.-t ec bete feroce. as he called Bluchcr. . . . —And believe mc to remain, dear Lord Whitworth, yours most truly.—Robert IVel." BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. l.cl in' - live in ;i house l>y the side of the And be it friend lo nun: r.et mo pedille Ilu- srnih and the stuff to • It-Ink As only a Innillonl c.m. Lei mc i-lmrice tlicui a price lhal will quite Mltlice Tn make mc a millionaire, l.cl mc Bather I hem in ami pxlrnel their By sellins my luscious fain. Lot mc sell I hem the comforts tlielr hearts When they're, wen r.v and ilustr and iior Let mc sell ilieui a l.cl for a tcn.|,uck note' And clnirge them live rot- a col Let the weary travellers stop and rest As iliey travel to and fro. I would be (lie lircd sojonnier's friend I would sell him Hie" needed gasolene At seven dollars a enn. Gt ilaH bea"wcud l 'to , maS! aC ° f the road —"Milwaukee Newe."