War cartoons

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 68473 *** Transcriber’s Note: Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. [Illustration: SKETCH OF THE ARTIST By Himself] WAR CARTOONS BY · JOHN · F. · KNOTT _Cartoonist for the Dallas News_ _Grateful Acknowledgment is made to A. H. Belo & Co., publishers of the Dallas News, for permission to reprint in this book the cartoons that first appeared in the News._ _Copyright 1918 by John F. Knott_ _To C. L. K._ [Illustration: THEY BELIEVED IN PREPAREDNESS] [Illustration: THE PIONEER January 26, 1917] [Illustration: JOHN BULL: “A HARMLESS SUBMARINE? THERE AIN’T NO SUCH ANIMAL!” July 13, 1916] [Illustration: SHADE OF LINCOLN: “I, TOO, HAD A STORMY VOYAGE.” Feb. 12, 1917] [Illustration: THE TEMPTATION March 2, 1917] [Illustration: THE MAD KING OF PRUSSIA March 9, 1917] [Illustration: DISSEMBLING THEIR LOVE. March 31, 1917] [Illustration: PART OF OUR PLAN. April 15, 1917] [Illustration: CONSPIRATORS April 22, 1917] [Illustration: STOPPED AUTOMATICALLY.] [Illustration: “NO INDEMNITY? NO ANNEXATIONS? WHAT DO YOU THINK I STARTED THIS WAR FOR, ANYWAY?” May 8, 1917] [Illustration: PEACE CHESTNUTS May 24, 1917] [Illustration: AMERICANS REALLY OUGHT TO SEE AMERICA FIRST, BUT—— (Many of our best people are going to Europe this summer.)] [Illustration: “NO MORE DOG MEAT, SONNY” July 10, 1917] [Illustration: “NOW WATCH ME DRAW AN ARMY” July 20, 1917] [Illustration: THE GERMAN PITFALL July 27, 1917] [Illustration: BACK TO THE SCENE OF HIS CRIME July 28, 1917] [Illustration: THANK GOODNESS, HE’S THROUGH THE WORST OF IT. July 29, 1917] [Illustration: THE GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND July 31, 1917] [Illustration: A LITTLE DIVERSION FOR THE PEOPLE July —, 1917] [Illustration: ENTER OUR GENIAL TAX ASSESSOR August 31, 1917] [Illustration: DROWNED OUT September 5, 1917] [Illustration: BRE’R RABBIT AND THE TAR BABY September 12, 1917] [Illustration: THEY WANT THE CASE DISMISSED September 23, 1917] [Illustration: EMBARRASSING September 25, 1917] [Illustration: CHANGING HIS SPOTS September 28, 1917] [Illustration: WHO COULD BLAME HIM? October 4, 1917] [Illustration: FIGHT IT WITH FIRE October 24, 1917] [Illustration: THE SUBSTITUTE October 30, 1917] [Illustration: MEATLESS; LIKE THE DOG IN AESOP’S FABLE November 9, 1917] [Illustration: SOME DAY THEY’LL GET TOGETHER November 16, 1917] [Illustration: THE SPIDER AND THE FLY November 22, 1917] [Illustration: “KAMERAD!” November 23, 1917] [Illustration: IVAN THE TERRIBLY SIMPLE November 24, 1917] [Illustration: ITALIAN GRAPES November 30, 1917] [Illustration: ON TO BERLIN December 1, 1917] [Illustration: SIGNS OF A RED CHRISTMAS ON THE WEST FRONT December 12, 1917] [Illustration: OLIVER TWIST HOOVER December 15, 1917] [Illustration: DRAFTED December 28, 1917] [Illustration: THE TWO-HEADED MONSTER December 29, 1917] [Illustration: HE CERTAINLY HAS BEEN GOOD TO HER January 24, 1918] [Illustration: THE ORIGINAL GROUND HOG February 2, 1918] [Illustration: UNSINKABLE February 8, 1918] [Illustration: PRUNING TIME February 17, 1918] [Illustration: ONE OF THE DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WAR February 21, 1918] [Illustration: ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF GERMAN THOROUGHNESS February 22, 1918] [Illustration: THE BEAST WITH THE INSATIABLE HUNGER February 26, 1918] [Illustration: THE ONLY WEAPON THAT CAN GET HIM March 7, 1918] [Illustration: AFTER THE RAID March 14, 1918] [Illustration: THE PROMISING PUPIL March 17, 1918] [Illustration: IT SHOOTS FARTHER THAN HE DREAMS March 26, 1918] [Illustration: “CELEBRATE!” March 27, 1918] [Illustration: HINDENBURG: “THE RAIN STOPPED US” April 5, 1918] [Illustration: THE TRAINS FROM FRANCE April 10, 1918] [Illustration: THE NEW SALIENT April 16, 1918] [Illustration: THE BRIGHT SIDE April 17, 1918] [Illustration: DAILY REPORT: “HINDENBURG IS HURLING FRESH DIVISIONS” April 20, 1918] [Illustration: THAT DRIVE OF HINDENBURG’S May 1, 1918] [Illustration: THE BATTERING RAM May 28, 1918] [Illustration: ECLIPSE OF THE HUN—VISIBLE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD EXCEPT GERMANY June 8, 1918] [Illustration: GERMAN FAIRY TALES June 15, 1918] [Illustration: THE DESPERATE ICE MAN June 16, 1918] [Illustration: HOLDING THE BAG June 20, 1918] [Illustration: WAITING FOR THEIR EMANCIPATION DAY. June 19, 1918] [Illustration: THE AUSTRIAN SHIP OF STATE June 25, 1918] [Illustration: WHY RUSSIA MUST BE FREED June 30, 1918] [Illustration: JUST BEFORE THE AWAKENING—JULY 4, 1918 July 4, 1918] [Illustration: THE SALVATION ARMY July 12, 1918] [Illustration: “TO THE BASTILE!” July 14, 1918] [Illustration: DROWNED IN THE MARNE July 21, 1918] [Illustration: SOMEBODY IS IN FOR AN AWFUL CALL-DOWN August 1, 1918] [Illustration: HIS PROTEST AGAINST A GERMAN PEACE August 2, 1918] [Illustration: NOT A DROP! August 8, 1918] [Illustration: THE SWORD OF FOCH AND THE HUNSTRICTOR August 11, 1918] [Illustration: THE UNLUCKY NUMBER September 12, 1918] [Illustration: OPEN SEASON AND NO LIMIT ON THE VARMINTS September 15, 1918] [Illustration: THE PREREQUISITE OF PEACE September 17, 1918] [Illustration: THE SINKING U-BOAT September 25, 1918] [Illustration: THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER September 27, 1918] [Illustration: THE BULGAR SHOWS THE WAY October 1, 1918] [Illustration: WELL, LOOK WHO’S HERE! October 4, 1918] [Illustration: “WE BURN WITH A DESIRE FOR PEACE” October 8, 1918] [Illustration: PROSPECTIVE WIDOW? October 20, 1918] [Illustration: THE REBIRTH OF A NATION October 21, 1918] [Illustration: KEEPING UP WITH THE “THIRTY-SIXTH” October 23, 1918] [Illustration: SPOIL THE ROD AND SAVE THE CHILDREN October 24, 1918] [Illustration: WHEN THE BAND BROKE UP October 26, 1918] [Illustration: REFERRED TO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS DEPARTMENT October 27, 1918] [Illustration: THE BREAD LINE November 2, 1918] [Illustration: THE BOCHE STOOD ON THE BURNING DECK November 5, 1918] [Illustration: “MY LORD, THE CARRIAGE WAITS” November 6, 1918] [Illustration: THE SUPER-DIPLOMAT November 7, 1918] [Illustration: WAR-TIME ECONOMICS.] [Illustration: THE NEIGHBORS’ GOSSIP ABOUT THE HOHENZOLLERN FAMILY.] [Illustration: BACK FROM EXILE November 12, 1918] [Illustration: THE BLOODLESS REVOLUTION November 14, 1918] [Illustration: ON THE LAST LINE.] [Illustration: WHO SAYS THE REVOLUTION DID NOT SUCCEED! Nov. 19, 1918] [Illustration: RETRIBUTION] [Illustration: GERMAN “REPENTANCE”] *** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 68473 ***