Volume 2 — Night Scene in Trafalgar Square
Reading edition
—From Lustige Blaetter, Berlin.
"Goddam, Mister Nelson! What are you looking for down here?"
"Well, just suppose you stay up there for a while among the Zeppelins yourself."
[English Cartoon]
The Riddle of the Sands
—From Punch, London.
TURKISH CAMEL: "Where to?"
GERMAN OFFICER: "Egypt."
TURKISH CAMEL: "Guess again."
[German Cartoon]
The Theatre in the Field
THE ENGLISH THEATRE IN THE FIELD—"With the permission of French and Kitchener, Hicks's Operetta Company went from London to the front and played before the British soldiers."
THE GERMAN THEATRE IN THE FIELD—"Major Walter Kirchoff (of the Royal Opera House). Lieutenant Hall Wegener (of the German Theatre). Dispatch Rider, Carl Clewing (of the Royal Playhouse)."
—From Lustige Blaetter, Berlin.
[English Cartoon]
Trench Amenities
—From Punch, London.
BRITISH TOMMY (returning to trench in which he has lately been fighting, now temporarily occupied by the enemy): "Excuse me—any of you blighters seen my pipe?"
[Italian Cartoon]
Quo Vadis?
—From L'Asino, Rome.
[German Cartoon]
The Gutter Snipes
—From Lustige Blaetter, Berlin.
[German Cartoon]
A London Family Scene
—From Meggendorfer-Blaetter, Munich.
[A favorite theme of German cartoonists is England's supposed mortal terror of Zeppelins.]
[English Cartoon]
The Dissemblers
—From Punch, London.
EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA: "Now what do we really want to say?"
SULTAN OF TURKEY: "Well, of course we couldn't say that; not on his birthday."
[German Cartoon]
Lord Kitchener Wants You!
—From Simplicissimus, Munich.
"Lord Kitchener needs recruits!"
[English Cartoon]
Willy-Nilly
—From The Sketch, London.
GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT: "Our progress is maintained."
[German Cartoon]
A Shaky Affair
—From Lustige Blaetter, Berlin.
THE TRIPLE VICTORY: "Confound it, there goes another pillar."
[English Cartoon]
The Return of the Raider
—From Punch, London.
KAISER: "Well, I AM surprised!"
TIRPITZ: "So were we."
[Italian Cartoon]
What Is There Inside?
—From L'Asino, Rome.
[The words that the observer has uncovered are as follows: Militarism, Religious Mania, Megalomania, Loquacity, Homicidal Mania, Imperialism, Neronism.]
[English Cartoon]
"Sound and Fury"
—From Punch, London.
KAISER: "Is all my high seas fleet safely locked up?"
ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ: "Practically all, Sire."
KAISER: "Then let the starvation of England begin!"
[English Cartoon]
The Flight That Failed
—From Punch, London.
THE EMPEROR: "What! No babes, sirrah?"
THE MURDERER: "Alas, Sire, none."
THE EMPEROR: "Well, then, no babes, no iron crosses."
[English Cartoon]
"A Fortified Town"
—From The Sketch, London.
A. Little Muddlecome, as known to its inhabitants.
B. Little Muddlecome, the fortified town—according to Germany.
[South African Cartoon]
No Family Resemblance
—From The Cape Times, Cape Town, South Africa.
THE GERMAN EAGLE (tearfully): "As bird to bird—surely you won't desert me?"
THE AMERICAN EAGLE: "Desert you! I'm an eagle, not a vulture!"