MR. CHURCHILL'S FABLE
ANIMALS MEET TO DISARM. CONFERENCE IN THE ZOO. Australian and N.Z. 1 1 ress Association. LONDON. Oct. 25. in an amusing speech to li is constituents last evening Mr. Winston Churchill. Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that all the animals in the Zoological Gardens decided to disarm and held a conference. The rhinoceros declared that the use of teeth was barbarous and horrible and ought to be prohibited, 'but horns, which were mainly defensive weapons, were allowable.
The buffalo, stag, porcupine and hedgehog supported the rhinoceros, but the lion and the tiger defended teeth, and even claws, as honourable weapons of immemorial antiquity. The panther, leopard and the whole tribo of wild cats supported tho lion and the.tiger,, but the bear proposed that both teeth and horns should be banned, and argued in favour of a good hug as being fraternal and a great step toward peace.
At this, the turkey was stricken with panic, and the proceedings became so acrimonious (hat tho keepers intervened and got the animals back into their cages. Mr. Churchill said he hoped that he would not bo asked to point a moral.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20088, 27 October 1928, Page 13
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