"PASSING THE BUCK"

Evening Star, Issue 25003, 23 October 1943, Page 3

"PASSING THE BUCK"

[Written by " X.Y.." for the ' Kvening Star.']

I've heard them blaming Hiiler For all our present state; Sonie talk of Neville Chamberlain. Or weak-kneed policy with Spain; Some reckon that Laval, or Hoare, Has quite a lot to answer for. Versailles, likewise—and, further still The late lamented Kaiser Bill. I've even known aspersions cast On Bismarck, or the murky past Of Frederick the Great.

They've blamed Sir Walter Raleigh, Who introduced the spud. Which grew luxuriantly in The country round about Berlin (The mark of Brandenburg, to wit), Thus making all the sand in it To flourish like the green bay tree, And'furthermore (oh, dearie me!) One energetic history fan Ascribed the fault to Genghis Khan For all these years of blood.

Yes. Genseric and Attihi (The Vandal and the Hun) Might possibly have caused this row (I'm sure I couldn't tell you how). Quite possibly the thing began Along with Neolithic man,' And "that is why we only find Small cranial fragments left behind. No doubt it's comforting to think Unkindly of the. Missing Link. It's ages since he roamed at large. And .so he can't deny the chargo When all is said and done! •• Still. Adolf is the culprit So far as we can guess. His followers, of course, must bear Their true and just and rightful share. The other ones save two are dead. ~ The causes they contributed Whate'er they were, we can condone 'em (De mortuis nil nisi bonuui). They met the judgment for their crimes In divers long-departed times, And Adolf is the one, no doubt. Who caused this latest breaking out Of human cussedness.