STAGE WHISPER AT WESTMINSTER.--The Comedy of Committee now tends towards becoming Mellor-drama. * * * * * "NANA WOULD NOT GIVE ME A BOW-WOW!" A PRETTY LITTLE SONG FOR PETTISH LITTLE EMPERORS. (_Latest Teutonic Version of Mr. Joseph Tabrar's Popular Song._) REICHSTAG [Illustration] [The German Emperor is reported to have said, "It was impossible for me to anticipate the rejection of the Army Bills, so fully did I rely upon the patriotism of the Imperial Diet to accept them unreservedly. A patriotic minority has been unable to prevail against the majority.... I was compelled to resort to a dissolution, and I look forward to the acceptance of the Bills by the new Reichstag. Should this expectation be again disappointed, I am determined to use every means in my power to achieve my purpose."--_The Times._] _Wilful Wilhelm sings_:-- You ask me why I do not smile; the reason you shall know; I had a disappointment huge a day or two ago; I asked my venerable Nurse to give me no more toys, But just a little Dog of War to bite the other boys. _Spoken._ But oh! _Audience_ (_of Generals and Staff Officers_). What? Nana wouldn't give me that bow-wow Wow-wow! The Reichstag wouldn't grant me that bow-wow! Wow-wow! No; she denied me--flat. Now, what do you think of _that_? And I'd set my mind on that bow-wow-wow! Wow-wow-wow! Some years ago she did the same, the greedy bad old girl! But I've set my mind upon that dog, sharp teeth and coat a-curl. The other boys have got such tykes, and I should be a mug, If when they run to mastiffs I'm put off with a small pug. _Audience._ Well? _Spoken._ Well, I mean to make her give me that bow-wow! Wow-wow! I'll worry her until she buys that bow-wow! Wow-wow! I'll dissolve the Imperial Diet, And I never _will_ be quiet Until I get that bow-wow-wow! Wow-wow-wow! I always meant when I grew old to do just as I pleased, I'd have a dozen bow-wows then, and if the old Trot teased I'd shut her up, and everyone who backed her, like a shot; For no one who opposes Me _can_ be a pat-ri-ot! _Audience_. Why? _Spoken_. Because France has got ahead with _her_ bow-wow! Wow-wow! Russia makes me jealous with _her_ bow-wow! Wow-wow! And now it is _my_ turn To leave them well astern, And I _can't_ without that bow-wow-wow! Wow-wow-wow!