Punch Cartoons
of the
Great War

NEW YORK : : : MCMXV
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

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The Days Preceding the War	[7]
The Struggle	[39]
Uncle Sam	[93]
The Comedies of the Great Tragedy	[105]
Women and Children First	[135]
The New Rake's Progress—Unser Kaiser	[151]
The Raider	[173]
The Unspeakable Turk	[181]
Italia!	[207]

THE DAYS PRECEDING THE WAR

A WISE WARNING

Dædalus Bismarck (Political Parent of Wilhelm Icarus).

"My son, observe the middle path to fly,
And fear to sink too low, or rise too high.
Here the sun melts, there vapours damp your force,
Between the two extremes direct your course.

"Nor on the bear, nor on boötes gaze,
Nor on sword-arm'd orion's dangerous rays:
But follow me, thy guide, with watchful sight,
And, as I steer, direct thy cautious Flight."

Ovid, "Metamorphoses," Book VIII., Fable III.

October 6, 1888.

THE HAUNTED SHIP

(Twenty-five years after "Dropping the Pilot.")

Ghost of the Old Pilot. "I Wonder if He Would Drop Me NOW!"

(April 1st is the hundredth anniversary of Bismarck's birth.)

March 31, 1915.

L'ENFANT TERRIBLE

Chorus in the Stern. "Don't Go On Like That—or You'll Upset Us All!!"

May 10, 1890.

THE IMPERIAL JACK-IN-THE-BOX

Chorus (Everybody). " Everything in Order Everywhere! O! What a Surprise! Sold Again!"

January 20, 1893.

THE MODERN ALEXANDER'S FEAST; OR, THE POWER OF SOUND

"With ravished ears,
The Monarch hears,
Assumes the God,
Affects to nod,
And seems to shake the spheres!"

March 5, 1892.

THE STORY OF FIDGETY WILHELM
(Up-to-date version of "Struwwelpeter.")

"Let me see if Wilhelm can
Be a little gentleman;
Let me see if he is able
To sit still for once at table!"

"But fidgety Will
He won't sit still."

Just like any bucking horse.
"Wilhelm! We are getting cross!"

February 1, 1896.

A NEW RÔLE

Imperial "Manager-Actor" (who has cast himself for a leading part in "Un Voyage en Chine," sotto voce).

"Um—Ha! With just a few additional touches here and there, I shall make a first-rate Emperor of China!"

January 15, 1898.

ON TOUR

(Tangier, March 31.)

Kaiser Wilhelm (as the Moor of Potsdam) sings:—

"'Unter den Linden'—always at Home,
'Under the Lime-light' wherever I roam!"

April 5, 1905.

COOK'S CRUSADER

Imperial Knight Templar (the German Emperor—to Saladin). "What!! The Christian Powers putting pressure upon You, my dear Friend!! Horrible! I can't think how People can do such things!"

October 15, 1898.

NOT IN THE PICTURE

Scene—On shore, during the visit of the British Fleet to Brest.

Mr. Punch (Photographer, suavely, to the Kaiser). " Just a leetle further back, please, Sir. Your shadow still rather interferes with the group."

July 12, 1905.

THE SOWER OF TARES

(After Millais)

August 23, 1905.

"ISOLATION"

Peace (attending the Inter-Parliamentary Congress at Berlin). "Everybody else seems to be my friend; why do you stand aloof?"

German Kaiser."But haven't I always said that I was your friend?"

Peace."Yes; but can't you do something to prove it?"

September 23, 1908.

THE TEUTONISING OF TURKEY

German Kaiser. "Good Bird!"

October 5, 1910.

HARMONY

[The German Emperor has been patronising the Centenary of Krupp's Gun Factory]

August 14, 1912.

THE BLIND SIDE

German Officer: "Glad to hear you're going to fortify your sea-front. Very dangerous people, these English."

Dutchman: "But it will cost much."

German Officer: "Ah, but see what you save on the Eastern Frontier, where there's nobody but us."

January 11, 1911.

THE STRUGGLE

WELL MET!

GREAT BRITAIN JOINS HER ALLIES IN THE FIELD

August 19, 1914.

BRAVO, BELGIUM!

August 12, 1914.

FOR FRIENDSHIP AND HONOUR

August 12, 1914.

AT THE POST OF HONOUR

Liberty (to Belgium). "TAKE COMFORT. YOUR COURAGE IS VINDICATED; YOUR WRONGS SHALL BE AVENGED."

September 2, 1914.

INDIA FOR THE KING!

September 9, 1914.

HAIL! RUSSIA!

September 16, 1914.

BOER AND BRITON TOO

General Botha (composing telegram to the Kaiser). "Just off to repel another raid. Your customary wire of congratulation should be addressed: 'British Headquarters—German South-west Africa.'"

September 30, 1914.

A NORTH SEA CHANTEY

(To the tune of "Tipperary.")

Jack. "IT'S A LONG, LONG WAIT FOR WILLIAM'S NAVY,
BUT MY HEART'S RIGHT HERE"

October 14, 1914.

THE ROAD TO RUSSIA

October 7, 1914.

UNCONQUERABLE

The Kaiser. "SO, YOU SEE—YOU'VE LOST EVERYTHING."

The King of the Belgians. "NOT MY SOUL."

October 21, 1914.

A PLAIN DUTY

Britannia (to Holland). "MY RESOURCES AND MY OBLIGATIONS ARE GREATER THAN YOURS; LET THIS SERVICE FALL UPON ME."

[The number of Belgian refugees in Holland is probably ten times as great as the number in England.]

October 28, 1914.

FOREWARNED

Zeppelin (as "The Fat Boy"). "'I WANTS TO MAKE YOUR FLESH CREEP.'"

John Bull. "RIGHT-O!"

November 4, 1914.

THE EXCURSIONIST

Scene: Ticket Office at —— (censored).

Tripper Wilhelm. "FIRST CLASS TO PARIS."
Clerk. "LINE BLOCKED."

Wilhelm. "THEN MAKE IT WARSAW."
Clerk. "LINE BLOCKED."

Wilhelm. "WELL, WHAT ABOUT CALAIS?"
Clerk. "LINE BLOCKED."

Wilhelm. "HANG IT! I MUST GO SOMEWHERE! I PROMISED MY PEOPLE I WOULD."

November 4, 1914.

THE EAGLE COMIQUE

Kaiser (reviving old Music-hall refrain). "HAS ANYBODY HERE SEEN CALAIS?"

November 18, 1914.

GOOD HUNTING

A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK

November 18, 1914.

MEN OF FEW WORDS

Grand Duke Nicholas. "ÇA MARCHE?"

General Joffre. "ASSEZ BIEN. ET CHEZ VOUS?"

Grand Duke. "PAS MAL."

December 2, 1914.

THE KING AT THE FRONT

"Tommy"(having learned the language). "VIVE LE ROI!"

December 9, 1914.

THE INNOCENT

Crown Prince. "THIS OUGHT TO MAKE FATHER LAUGH!"

[In an alleged interview the Crown Prince is reported to have said, "As to being a war agitator, I am truly sorry that people don't know me better. There is no 'War Party' in Germany now—nor has there ever been.">[

December 9, 1914.