Table of Contents

FOREWORD

THE ANNIVERSARY, AUGUST, 1915

KING ALBERT'S ANSWER TO THE POPE

A STABLE PEACE

THROWN TO THE SWINE

THE MARTYRED NURSE

THE YELLOW BOOK

U'S

Pallas Athene: "Has it come to this?"

THE NEXT TO BE KICKED OUT

SEPTEMBER, 1914, AND SEPTEMBER, 1915

IDYLLIC NEUTRALITY

WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITHOUT MICHAEL?

WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS LOAN GAME

THE GERMAN LOAN

"Wounded First"

THE MORNING PAPER:—"GREAT NEWS"

VAN TROMP AND DE REUTER

THE MARSHES OF PINSK

"Cheer up, Austria, you have Germans and Bulgarians to help you this time"

FERDINAND, THE CHAMELEON

SERBIA. AUTUMN, 1915

OCTOBER IN SERBIA

THE KAISER COUNTS THE BAG

"THE ENTRY INTO CONSTANTINOPLE"

GO TO YOUR HEREDITARY ENEMY, BULGARIA

"THEY BOWED THE KNEE BEFORE HIM"

DRIVEN FROM THE TEMPLE OF HUMANITY

THE OLD SERB

NEW PEACE OFFERS

FERDINAND S'EN VA T'EN GUERRE NE SAIT S'IL REVIENDRA

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

TRUTH

THE EVACUATION OF GALLIPOLI

CHRISTMAS, 1916

NEW YEAR'S FEAST OF KULTUR

THE POILU

THE TRIALS OF A COURT PAINTER

VON DER GOLTZ GOES TO THE PROMISED LAND

THE BURIAL OF PRIVATE WALKER

"COME AND BE HAPPY AT POTSDAM"

TOM THUMB AND THE GIANT

ON THE WAY TO BAGDAD

THE HOLY WAR

The Kaiser: "Your ruthlessness has failed, Tirpitz; I must pin my faith to Count Zeppelin."

GOTT STRAFE ENGLAND

William: "You lead new Regiments upon Verdun, whilst I weep over the losses of the old ones."

"NOBODY SEES ME, SO I CAN ALWAYS DENY IT."

PAN GERMANICUS AS PEACE MAKER

"We have only come to see that the English don't threaten you."

HOHENZOLLERN MADNESS

"MY SON LIES HERE, WHERE ARE YOURS?"

THE OLD POILU

"GERMAN CHIVALRY ON THE SEA"

THE ETERNAL BARRAGE

VON BETHMANN-HOLLWEG'S PEACE SONG

"WHY, I HAVE KILLED YOU TWICE AND YOU DARE TO COME BACK AGAIN!"

"Mais quand la voix de Dieu l'appela il se voyait seul sur la terre au milieu de fantomes tristes et sans nombre."

THE DEPORTATIONS FROM LILLE

THE LAST THROW

RUSSIA TO FRANCE

THE DEATH'S HEAD HUSSAR AT VERDUN

SIR JUDAS CASEMENT

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

THE GRAVES OF ALL HIS HOPES

"THE SUSSEX"

"I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WERE TOO PROUD TO FIGHT!"

"Indeed, I am the most humane fellow in the world."

Von Tirpitz: "Well, my dears, I'm afraid you will have to improve your manners—for a while at least."

"WELL, MR. PRESIDENT, IF YOU INSIST, WE SHALL TRY TO BEHAVE LIKE GENTLEMEN."

GOTT STRAFE VERDUN

GERMAN MILITARISM ON THE ALLIES' OPERATING TABLE

EMPIRE DAY, 1916

THE SPRING SONG

THE GERMAN:

THE WANDERING JEW

GRATITUDE OF THE WOMEN OF FRANCE TO THE KING OF SPAIN FOR THE TRACING OF THE MISSING

THE BILL

THE LAST RIDE

CAGED

THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND

"AT LAST, TIRPITZ, I MAY TENDER MY IMPERIAL THANKS PUBLICLY."

"We Had Almost Beaten the Boy When His Father Arrived and Then We Had to Run for Our Lives."

DER TAG

German Admiral: How quiet it must be in those English harbors blockaded by our Fleet.

THE DEATH OF KITCHENER

Crown Prince: "We must have a higher pile to see Verdun, Father."

THIS WILL MAKE WILLIAM JEALOUS; IT BEATS HIS NURSE CAVELL.

SUMMER TIME, 1916—FIVE ON A BENCH

CIVILISATION: "WHAT IS THE VERDICT."

TO THE END

THE CONFEDERATES

"BUNKERED"

"WE HAVE FINISHED OFF THE RUSSIANS."

THE COSSACKS' SONG OF VICTORY

CAPTAIN FRYATT

BEFORE THE SOMME

THE GERMAN TANGO

The Wolf: "Is it not time to stop all further bloodshed?"

THE DEUTSCHLAND DISPATCH

BALAAM AND HIS ASS

TEAM WORK

"I Hope, My Dear Friends and Allies, That I Have Been Able to Make You Feel Happy and Confident Again."

ANOTHER NAIL IN HINDENBURG

"SEEMS TO BE NEUTRAL: SINK HIM!"

NOW ALSO THE AXE IS LAID UNTO THE ROOT OF THE TREE

THE SPIRIT OF FRANCE

"BEFORE THE FALL"

Europe: "Am I not yet sufficiently civilised?"