Children's Crusade Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sailorrepublica 

Cover art for Children's Crusade lyrics by Sting

1914 was WWI, and since this seems to be England he's talking about, it would probably surmise to say this dealt with the war and control of poppy fields (from which Opium comes), the connection to SoHo 1984.

It's an aspect of WWI that isn't addressed all that much, the drug trade and possibly the true reason for Germany's invasion of France.