Impression sketch
: Mother's War Ultimatum - by Jamie.
From the letter of an
Englishman
Came a story of New York.
A French acquaintance had
recently
Travelled back from America -
During his time there he had
dined
In a New York restaurant.
When ordering his meal he found
The waiter to be French.
Developing a conversation, he asked
The young man of Europe
Why he was not fighting for
France -
A reason was forthcoming.
The French waiter told how he
would
Soon make his way to fight.
He handed the traveller a
letter just
Received from his mother -
The correspondence informed her
son
He had lost both brothers.
Her words spelled out her
patriotism;
As she declared, while
Being her only remaining son, unless
He did not come back
To France in fighting for their country,
He need never return to her.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1916. French
Mothers Patriotism. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 28 February 1916. P.7. Col.3. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12175151/Daily-Telegraph-February-28-1916.html
[Accessed: 28 February 2016].
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