Chapter VI: Imperialismus

Under this laconic title Mr. E. J. Sullivan shows us a museum specimen
of that extinct monster "The German Eagle."

Reproduced from "The Kaiser's Garland," by permission of Mr. William
Heinemann.

VII. Mr. W. Heath Robinson's well-known series entitled "Rejected by
the Inventions Board," is typical of the irresponsible sense of fun
which English People seem able to retain even in war-time. Here we
see an excellent idea put into action: "The Armoured Corn-Crusher for
treading on the Enemy's Toes."

Reproduced from _The Sketch_ of Jan. 5, 1916.

A NEW ZEALAND CARTOON

VIII. This is what the _Auckland Observer_ thought of floating mines,
in the first few months of the war. Those were the days before
submarine warfare put even mines in the shade for wanton cruelty and
stupid destructiveness.

ITALIAN CARTOONS

IX. There were few pro-German cartoons in Italy, even before she
came in with the Allies. Now and then her artists took a cynical and
detached attitude towards the awful struggle in the north, but for the
most part their drawings left no doubt as to where their sympathies
lay, as may be judged by this and the two following cartoons. This
first is from the Turin _Numero_. Musini shows the Germans paving the
ruined streets of Flanders with the material most plentifully to hand.

X. & XI. In these allegorical sketches, published by _l'Uomo di
Pietra_, of Milan, the artist pictures the results to Europe should
Germany and should the Allies win. Under the Prussian sword and helmet
the whole continent lies burning and bleeding; around the Phrygian cap
of liberty her merry and obviously well-nourished children play over
her prosperous lands, amid commerce-laden seas.

TWO ARGENTINE DRAWINGS

XII. & XIII. The Argentine is a long way off—further than
Washington—and might have been pardoned if she had looked with
detached philosophy upon the deeds of Germany. Her attitude, however,
leaves much to be desired from the point of view of Berlin. Whether as
a rat coveting the good Dutch cheese, or as "the Monster" taking what
he wants from helpless Belgium, the German does not cut a good figure
in the _Critica_, of Buenos-Ayres.

AMERICAN CARTOONS

XIV. The neutrality of these three drawings is distinctly open to
question. "The Order of the Iron Cross" is from _Life_, of New York.

XV. "The Hand of God," by Nelson Greene. One of the best known
American cartoons since the war.

From _Puck_, of New York.

XVI. Mr. Robert Carter's drawings for the New York _Evening Sun_ have
acquired a reputation in Europe since the war. This is one of the
best, which appeared on January 18, 1916.

The Bear: "Glad to see you out again."
Kaiser: "I feel better myself!"

A JAPANESE CARTOON

XVII. "The Austro-German Alliance," as seen by an artist of the _Jiji
Shimpo_ of Tokio.

DUTCH CARTOONS