German Colonisation.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5278, 7 April 1885, Page 3

German Colonisation.

I (Froa), Punch.) { Ei-hibe ftocft/ I tells yon vol, SchoclctchwereaolU | it'e true, I Der Bi»marek Ist der videavakest Hensch I efer i • knew. { Fcr bim I am beghoeted in a most tremendous : vay ; ! There nefer voa no other slitatesman like him, in | my day. j The Austrians and verflixte French he schlugupon the kop, l ; Of German One-hood then he made a rightdqwn shplendit jop, I and new lie tells his landsmen, " Boyi I our banner ! is unfnrlt :— j Qo out of this, yon horo-brood, nnd colonise the J worltl" '. Vot larks! Germania, mit her crown and sword j and shining robe, Till take her ahtately flight across thia old terrestrial globe, . And vhere she sees a shtrip of likely coaßt, vot not on* owns, - Except the nat if e eafages that vorships Bhtocss and ' shtouee, - {(he'll shwoop shtraight down npon it, mit a motion j oalm and grand, j And firmly plant our eonqnesl -wealthy shtindart in the sand. i Tnen, if the niggers aßk her rot the temce it is she j wonld, . Bhe shall answer : •' Hebe Leute, I am come here j for your good ! " I haf hronght you German culture for the poddy ! and the miud. Die erhabene Kiiltm- of efery sdrt and efery kind ; All the pesseinistic dog tr ines of lhe Schopenhauer I school j And the blessings of a bnreaucratiah-military role. I ahall teach you shplendit knowledge, rot yon hitherto haf lacked, That religion ia a fantasy, vhilst sausage is a fact ; Ja, the mysteries of sauerkraut to you shall be made clear, And yonr souls shall learn to float on foaming waves of Lager-Bier ! ; " I do not intend to lo;*g-- while you mit missionary ! rant, Bnt to brighten up your intellects mit Hegel and ! ■ mit Kaut. Mit our Arniy-Service system I'll begift you by-and-by, And mit all the priceless blessings of onr llohe FoUzci. , Ach ! I lofee you as a moder, and your liappiuess, I I shwear, j Shall forefor be 'thef Ton surpassing object of my 1 care. ' I'll civilise yon. Kinder, -taid dem edlen Gerttenb roi. And mit discipline^Pof if a v.send I — or I'll knoiv the ■ reason vhy l"' ! And then die Uela-e Gottin, liof'ring in the ie ther > blue, Vill summon up her gunboats and her Fickelhanben too, jHer bearded brawny vnrriora, vot nefer knew no fear, And troops of learned bureaucrats, all buttoned-up to here. Then if the shtupit natifes don't attend to vot she ! taid, And makes themselves nnplcasant, they must all be shooted dead ; For trifles in the way of German culture must not shtand— ITocft aoll Jer JHbimi.-cI; Men! T drinks, " Our • Fatherland ! "