Stephen Leacock describing a perceived lack of German humor as the US had just started to enter World War One.
Stephen Leacock
1917-04-08
New York Times, April 8, 1917, sourced from: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://sundaymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/Democracy-of-the-Joke-And-Lack-of-German-Humor-Discussed-by-Leacock.pdf">http://sundaymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/Democracy-of-the-Joke-And-Lack-of-German-Humor-Discussed-by-Leacock.pdf</a>