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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893
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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893

    By Various Various and F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand

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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893

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      Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 - Various Various

      The Project Gutenberg eBook, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893, by Various, Edited by F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand

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      Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893

      Author: Various

      Editor: F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand

      Release Date: September 27, 2008 [eBook #26708]

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      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 104, MAY 13, 1893***

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      Punch, or the London Charivari

      Volume 104, May 13th 1893

      edited by Sir Francis Burnand

      MIXED NOTIONS.

      No. X.—THE BEHRING-SEA ARBITRATION.

      (Scene and Persons as usual. The Conversation has already begun.)

      First Well-informed Man (concluding a tirade). —— so what I want to know is this: are we or are we not to submit to the Yankees? It's all very well talking about Chicago Exhibitions and all that, but if they're going to capture our ships and prevent us killing seals, why, the sooner we tell 'em to go to blue blazes the better. And as for its being a mare clausum——

      Inquirer (interrupting). Who was she? What's she got to do with it?

      First W. I. M. (laughing vigorously). Ha! ha! that's a good 'un.

      Inquirer (nettled). Oh, laugh away, laugh away. That's you all over.

      First W. I. M. My dear chap, I'm very sorry, but I really couldn't help it. There's no woman in the business at all. Mare clausum merely means the place where they catch the seals, you know; mare, Latin for sea.

      Inquirer. Oh! I should have known that directly, if you'd only pronounced it properly. But what does clausum mean?

      First W. I. M. Well, of course, that means—well, a clause, don't you know. It's in the treaty.

      Average Man (looking up from his paper). It used to be the Latin for closed, but I suppose it's altered now.

      First W. I. M. (incredulously). It can't mean that, anyhow. Who ever heard of a closed sea, I should like to know?

      Second W. I. M. (hazarding a suggestion). It might mean a harbour, you know, or something of that sort.

      Average Man. I daresay it might mean that, but it doesn't happen to be a harbour (relapses into paper).

      Second W. I. M. Oh, well, I only made the suggestion. [A pause.

      Inquirer. But what are they arbitrating about in Paris? It says (reading from newspaper) When Mr. Carter, the United States Counsel, had concluded his speech, he was complimented by the President, the Baron de Courcel, who told him he had spoken on behalf of humanity. I thought old Carnot was President of the French Republic.

      First W. I. M. So he is.

      Inquirer. But this paper says Baron de Courcel is President.

      Second W. I. M. Oh, I suppose that's one of Carnot's titles, All these blessed foreigners are Barons, or something of that sort.

      Inquirer. Ah, I suppose that must be it. But what have the French got to do with the Behring Sea? I thought it was all between us and the Yankees.

      First W. I. M. So it is—but the French are arbitrating. That's how they come into the business. I can't say, personally, I like these arbitrations. We're always arbitrating now,

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