Punch Cartoons of the Great War

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 46322 *** _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 [Illustration: 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. [Illustration: 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.] [Illustration: L'ENFANT TERRIBLE Chorus in the Stern. "Don't Go On Like That--or You'll Upset Us All!!" May 10, 1890.] [Illustration: THE IMPERIAL JACK-IN-THE-BOX Chorus (_Everybody_). "Everything in Order Everywhere! O! What a Surprise! Sold Again!" January 20, 1893.] [Illustration: 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. [Illustration: 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. [Illustration: 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.] [Illustration: 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.] [Illustration: 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.] [Illustration: 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.] [Illustration: THE SOWER OF TARES (After Millais) August 23, 1905.] [Illustration: "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.] [Illustration: THE TEUTONISING OF TURKEY GERMAN KAISER. "Good Bird!" October 5, 1910.] [Illustration: HARMONY [THE GERMAN EMPEROR _has been patronising the Centenary of_ KRUPP'S _Gun Factory_] August 14, 1912. ] [Illustration: 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 [Illustration: WELL MET! GREAT BRITAIN JOINS HER ALLIES IN THE FIELD August 19, 1914.] [Illustration: BRAVO, BELGIUM! August 12, 1914.] [Illustration: FOR FRIENDSHIP AND HONOUR August 12, 1914.] [Illustration: AT THE POST OF HONOUR LIBERTY (_to Belgium_). "TAKE COMFORT. YOUR COURAGE IS VINDICATED; YOUR WRONGS SHALL BE AVENGED." September 2, 1914.] [Illustration: INDIA FOR THE KING! September 9, 1914.] [Illustration: HAIL! RUSSIA! September 16, 1914.] [Illustration: 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.] [Illustration: 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.] [Illustration: THE ROAD TO RUSSIA October 7, 1914.] [Illustration: UNCONQUERABLE THE KAISER. "SO, YOU SEE--YOU'VE LOST EVERYTHING." THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. "NOT MY SOUL." October 21, 1914.] [Illustration: 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.] [Illustration: FOREWARNED ZEPPELIN (_as "The Fat Boy"_). "'I WANTS TO MAKE YOUR FLESH CREEP.'" JOHN BULL. "RIGHT-O!" November 4, 1914.] [Illustration: 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.] [Illustration: THE EAGLE COMIQUE KAISER (_reviving old Music-hall refrain_). "HAS ANYBODY HERE SEEN _CALAIS_?" November 18, 1914.] [Illustration: GOOD HUNTING A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK November 18, 1914.] [Illustration: MEN OF FEW WORDS Grand Duke Nicholas. "ÇA MARCHE?" General Joffre. "ASSEZ BIEN. ET CHEZ VOUS?" Grand Duke. "PAS MAL." December 2, 1914.] [Illustration: THE KING AT THE FRONT "Tommy" (_having learned the language_). "VIVE LE ROI!" December 9, 1914.] [Illustration: 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.] [Illustration: KILLED! [With _Mr. Punch's_ compliments to General Botha] December 16, 1914.] [Illustration: FULFILMENT Austria. "I SAID ALL ALONG THIS WAS GOING TO BE A PUNITIVE EXPEDITION" December 23, 1914.] [Illustration: THE BREAKING OF THE SPELL STEINBACH, JANUARY 3, 1915 January 13, 1915.] [Illustration: AN AWFUL WARNING Austria (to Rumania). "NOW, BE CAREFUL! REMEMBER WHAT I DID TO SERBIA!" January 20, 1915.] [Illustration: THE OUTCAST A PLACE IN THE SHADOW February 19, 1915.] [Illustration: 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.] [Illustration: CANADA! YPRES: APRIL 22-24, 1915 May 5, 1915.] [Illustration: THE NEW ARMY TO THE FRONT December 30, 1914.] UNCLE SAM [Illustration: 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.] [Illustration: 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.] [Illustration: A BRAZEN BAND Imperial Conductor. "Stick to it, Tirpitz; keep on melting their hearts!" March 31, 1915.] [Illustration: REJECTED ADDRESSES KAISER (_to America_). "Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love; But why did you kick me downstairs?" April 21, 1915.] [Illustration: 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 [Illustration: STUDY OF A PRUSSIAN HOUSEHOLD HAVING ITS MORNING HATE February 24, 1915.] [Illustration: German Bird. "I see it doesn't say anything about eagles." August 26, 1914.] [Illustration: THE HOHENZOLLERN (_megaphonically_). "Take courage, my brave Germans. Your Kaiser is prepared to sacrifice a million of you." August 26, 1914.] [Illustration: German Kaiser. "Let us prey." September 9, 1914.] [Illustration: THE HUNTER HUNTED [With acknowledgments to Mr. J. C. Dollman.] September 16, 1914.] [Illustration: _Admiral of the Atlantic_ (_to himself_). "It is My Imperial pleasure to present You with the Order of the Masthead Broom (First Class) in recognition of Your conspicuous success in sweeping the seas." September 23, 1914.] [Illustration: _The Wolff_. "Good morning, my dear Little Red Riding Hood. Wouldn't you like me to tell you one of my pretty tales?" _Little Miss Holland_. "Thanks; but I'm _NOT_ Little Red Riding Hood, and I don't want any of your fairy stories." September 23, 1914.] [Illustration: A GARGOYLE OF NOTRE DAME DE PARIS (_With acknowledgements to the etching by M. Méryon._) Spirits of evil, when they're thrown Out of a Church, are turned to stone; But the above was petrified Even before he got inside. October 28, 1914.] [Illustration: LATEST DEVICE OF THE ENEMY Learning to sing "It's a long, long way to Tipperary" for the purpose of deceiving the Allies. November 4, 1914.] [Illustration: WILHELM the PEACEMAKER Uhlan's Kindness To Belgian Peasant The Angelus. German Soldier's Reverence At A French Cathedral German Soldier Carrying Parcels for British Prisoner German Helping A Wounded British Soldier German Soldier Serving Tea to Wounded Enemies German Soldiers Romping with Belgian Children German Feeding Starving Belgians A Prussian Court-painter earning an Iron Cross by painting pictures in praise of the Fatherland for neutral consumption November 11, 1914.] [Illustration: UNRECORDED EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WAR German soldiers being roused to enthusiasm by the "Hymn of Hate" December 16, 1914.] [Illustration: THE IRON CROSS EPIDEMIC Captain of a German cruiser, hurrying home after shelling health-resort, gives orders to lighten the ship for the sake of speed. December 23, 1914.] [Illustration: HOW TO BRING UP A HUN The Teutonic substitute for Milk November 11, 1914.] [Illustration: _Turkey_. "Looks very tempting and fruity; but what I want to know is, who's going to pay the doctor's bill if complications ensue?" September 9, 1914.] [Illustration: FAITH December 9, 1914.] [Illustration: _Voice on telephone_ (_from Berlin_). "Well, have you dammed the Suez Canal yet?" _Turk_. "Yes--often!" February 10, 1915.] [Illustration: _Turk_. "I say, you fellows! Do you see the other Allies are pooling their Funds? Capital idea!" February 17, 1915.] [Illustration: "IN THE SPRING A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY----" The Crown Prince. "I DON'T BELIEVE I WAS MEANT TO WIN BATTLES; I BELIEVE I WAS MEANT TO BE LOVED." April 28, 1915.] [Illustration: German Kaiser. "We are not satisfied with Our moustache; it seems to need support on the Eastern side." September 2, 1914.] [Illustration: FOR NEUTRAL CONSUMPTION September 2, 1914.] [Illustration: WILLIAM THE GALLANT The Kaiser, by gifts of roses, has been trying to ingratiate himself with the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, whose country he has invaded in defiance of treaty obligations. January 20, 1915.] WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST [Illustration: THE TRIUMPH OF "CULTURE" August 26, 1914.] [Illustration: GOD (AND THE WOMEN) OUR SHIELD! STUDY OF A GERMAN GENTLEMAN GOING INTO ACTION September 9, 1914.] [Illustration: DISHONOURED Captain of the _EMDEN_. "DIRTY WORK!" December 30, 1914.] [Illustration: THE FLIGHT THAT FAILED The Emperor. "WHAT! NO BABES, SIRRAH?" The Murderer. "ALAS! SIRE, NONE." The Emperor. "WELL, THEN, NO BABES, NO IRON CROSSES." [Exit murderer, discouraged.] January 27, 1915.] [Illustration: THE BREAD-WINNER March 3, 1915.] [Illustration: A GREAT NAVAL TRIUMPH German Submarine Officer. "THIS OUGHT TO MAKE THEM JEALOUS IN THE SISTER SERVICE. BELGIUM SAW NOTHING BETTER THAN THIS." April 7, 1915.] [Illustration: THE ELIXIR OF HATE Kaiser. "'FAIR IS FOUL, AND FOUL IS FAIR; HOVER THROUGH THE FOG AND FILTHY AIR.'" May 5, 1915.] THE NEW RAKE'S PROGRESS--UNSER KAISER [Illustration: THE COMING OF THE COSSACKS Wilhelm II. "WHAT IS THIS DISTANT RUMBLING THAT I HEAR? DOUBTLESS THE PLAUDITS OF MY PEOPLE!" August 26, 1914.] [Illustration: THE WORLD'S ENEMY The Kaiser. "WHO GOES THERE?" Spirit of Carnage. "A FRIEND--YOUR ONLY ONE." August 19, 1914.] [Illustration: MADE IN GERMANY Kaiser. "I'M NOT QUITE SATISFIED WITH THE SWORD. PERHAPS, AFTER ALL, THE PEN IS MIGHTIER!" September 16, 1914.] [Illustration: THE GREAT ILLUSION Kaiser. "MY POOR BIRD, WHAT _HAS_ HAPPENED TO YOUR TAIL-FEATHERS?" German Eagle. "CAN YOU BEAR THE TRUTH, SIRE?" Kaiser. "IF IT'S NOT FOR PUBLICATION." German Eagle. "IT'S LIKE THIS, THEN. YOU TOLD ME THE BRITISH LION WAS CONTEMPTIBLE. WELL--HE WASN'T!" September 23, 1914.] [Illustration: THE GREAT GOTH DESIGN FOR A STAINED-GLASS WINDOW IN A NEO-GOTHIC CATHEDRAL AT POTSDAM September 30, 1914.] [Illustration: GIVING THE SHOW AWAY German Press Bureau Photographer. "Costume perfect, Sire--accessories admirable; but, in view of all these 'victories,' dare we suggest that the _EXPRESSION_ might be just a touch more _JUBILANT?_" October 14, 1914.] [Illustration: THE LIMIT _Scene:_ The Coast of Belgium The Kaiser. "'WHAT ARE THE WILD WAVES SAYING?'" Wild Waves. "WE WERE JUST SAYING, 'THUS FAR, AND NO FARTHER!'" October 28, 1914.] [Illustration: A CHRONIC COMPLAINT Aide-de-Camp. "'THE ENGLISH FORCE, SO PLEASE YOU.'" Kaiser. "'TAKE THY FACE HENCE ... I AM SICK AT HEART.'" Macbeth, Act V., Sc. 3. December 2, 1914.] [Illustration: THE WHITEWASHERS Kaiser. "Lay it on, my worthy professors--lay it on thick! I want every drop of it." January 20, 1915.] [Illustration: WILFUL MURDER The Kaiser. "TO THE DAY----" Death. "----OF RECKONING!" May 19, 1915.] THE RAIDER [Illustration: THE RETURN OF THE RAIDER Kaiser. "WELL, I _AM_ SURPRISED!" Tirpitz. "SO WERE WE." February 3, 1915.] [Illustration: "SOUND AND FURY" Kaiser. "IS ALL MY HIGH SEAS FLEET SAFELY LOCKED UP?" Admiral von Tirpitz. "PRACTICALLY ALL, SIRE." Kaiser. "THEN LET THE STARVATION OF ENGLAND BEGIN!" February 17, 1915.] [Illustration: RUNNING AMOK German Bull. "I KNOW I'M MAKING A ROTTEN EXHIBITION OF MYSELF; BUT I SHALL TELL EVERYBODY I WAS GOADED INTO IT." February 24, 1915.] THE UNSPEAKABLE TURK [Illustration: OUT OF BOUNDS John Bull. "SHOO! SHOO!" May 9, 1906.] [Illustration: ARMAGEDDON: A DIVERSION TURKEY. "Good! if only all those other Christian nations get at one another's throats, I may have a dog's chance yet." December 4, 1912.] [Illustration: SETTLED Dame Europa. "You've always been the most troublesome boy in the school. Now go and consolidate yourself." Turkey. "Please, ma'am, what does that mean?" Dame Europa. "It means going into that corner--and stopping there!" April 2, 1913.] [Illustration: HIS MASTER'S VOICE THE KAISER (_to Turkey, reassuringly_). "Leave everything to me. All you've got to do is to explode." TURKEY. "Yes, I quite see that. But where shall _I_ be when it's all over?" November 11, 1914.] [Illustration: THE EUPHEMISTS Kaiser. "I say, how are you going to explain away the surrender of your army corps in the Caucasus?" Sultan of Turkey. "Nothing simpler. I shall say, 'Our gallant troops determined to embarrass the enemy's commissariat, and carried out their object with overwhelming success." Kaiser. "Splendid! Couldn't have put it better myself." Sultan. "My dear boy, we were in the business ages and ages before you were thought of." January 13, 1915.] [Illustration: THE GOD IN THE CART (_An Unrehearsed Effect._) Turkey. "I'm getting a bit fed up with this. I shall kick soon." Austria. "Well, I was thinking of lying down." January 6, 1915.] [Illustration: THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS Turkish Camel. "WHERE TO?" German Officer. "EGYPT." Camel. "GUESS AGAIN." February 10, 1915.] [Illustration: German Sentry. "WHO GOES THERE?" Turk. "A FRIEND--CURSE YOU!" January 20, 1915.] [Illustration: THE DISSEMBLERS [January 27th] 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." January 27, 1915.] [Illustration: WILLIAM O' THE WISP March 3, 1915.] [Illustration: THE REVERSION _Turkey._ "I'M GIVING UP THIS BED, WILLIAM. WON'T YOU TAKE MY PLACE?" April 7, 1915.] [Illustration: "'He's as willing as a Christian; strike me blind if he isn't,' said Sikes." _Oliver Twist,_ Chap. xvi. (_With apologies to the late Fred Barnard._) November 4, 1914.] ITALIA! [Illustration: ON THE FENCE All-Highest (_to certain Neutrals_). "ABOUT--TURN!" [They sit tight.] March 17, 1915.] [Illustration: VICARIOUS GENEROSITY Kaiser. "SHOULD YOU WANT SOME MORE FEATHERS, I KNOW A TWO-HEADED EAGLE" March 24, 1915.] [Illustration: THE AWAKENING Prince von Bülow (_to Italy_). "STOP, STOP, SIGNORA! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE _MESMERISED_--NOT _MOBILISED_!" April 28, 1915.] [Illustration: ON WITH THE NEW HATE May 12, 1915.] * * * * * TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES Minor punctuation errors repaired. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ p69 A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK has been replaced with A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK End of Project Gutenberg's Punch Cartoons of the Great War, by Various *** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 46322 ***