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
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?"
