According to the following \ anecdote our blockade of Germany has been nidre effective than certain newspapers -will adriiit* At k repeht banquet the Belgl.** i Consul, H. L. de Give, said: 'I b-,-e' just heard an anecdote about' h the German food famine. Aregirrierit of (Landsturm men were setting! out for the front from Berlin. The usUal crowd v. ere feeing the old boys off— an anxious, silent crowd. But finally there wr 3 one diap who screwed up spirit enorgh to shout, 'Long Live Germany !* At this a greywhiskered Laridsturm man turned round and yelled reproachfully at the shouter 'What on?' **
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14047, 18 July 1916, Page 5
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