Punch Cartoons of the Great War

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Title : Punch Cartoons of the Great War Author : Various Release date : July 18, 2014 [eBook #46322] Most recently updated: October 24, 2024 Language : English Other information and formats : www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46322 Credits : Produced by Brian Coe, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH CARTOONS OF THE GREAT WAR *** Punch Cartoons of the Great War NEW YORK  :    :   :   MCMXV GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY CONTENTS Page 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. KILLED! [ With Mr. Punch's compliments to General Botha ] December 16, 1914. FULFILMENT Austria. "I SAID ALL ALONG THIS WAS GOING TO BE A PUNITIVE EXPEDITION" December 23, 1914. THE BREAKING OF THE SPELL STEINBACH, JANUARY 3, 1915 January 13, 1915. AN AWFUL WARNING Austria (to Rumania) . "NOW, BE CAREFUL! REMEMBER WHAT I DID TO SERBIA!" January 20, 1915. THE OUTCAST A PLACE IN THE SHADOW February 19, 1915. A PAINFUL REFLECTION Austria. "HEAVENS! AM I REALLY AS BAD AS THAT? TAKE IT AWAY." [It seems to be dawning upon Vienna that the armies of Austria have not been consistently victorious.] April 14, 1915. CANADA! YPRES: APRIL 22-24, 1915 May 5, 1915. THE NEW ARMY TO THE FRONT December 30, 1914. UNCLE SAM NOTHING DOING Imperial Dachshund. "Here I've been sitting up and doing tricks for the best part of seven weeks, and you take no more notice of me than if——" Uncle Sam. "Cut it out!" September 23, 1914. AS BETWEEN FRIENDS British Lion. "Please don't look at me like that, Sam. YOU 'RE not the eagle I'm up against." January 6, 1915. A BRAZEN BAND Imperial Conductor. "Stick to it, Tirpitz; keep on melting their hearts!" March 31, 1915. REJECTED ADDRESSES Kaiser ( to America ). "Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love; But why did you kick me downstairs?" April 21, 1915. THE RESOURCEFUL LOVER Teuton Troubadour ( serenading the fair Columbia ). " If she won't listen to my love-songs, I'll try her with a brick! " February 17, 1915. THE COMEDIES OF THE GREAT TRAGEDY

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