Chapter 2

THELUSITANIACRISIS

COLD AS THE ICEBERG(After the sinking of theLusitania, 1915)

COLD AS THE ICEBERG

(After the sinking of theLusitania, 1915)

THE WAKE

THE FIFTH CIRCLE OF HELL“Away! Down there to the other dogs!”InfernoCanto VIII

THE FIFTH CIRCLE OF HELL

“Away! Down there to the other dogs!”

InfernoCanto VIII

WAR, STAGGERED: “WHAT CRIMES ARE COMMITTED IN MY NAME!”

THE OCTOPUS

SPRING, 1915

CABARET ROUGE(The Germans capture Cabaret Rouge, June 12, 1915)

CABARET ROUGE

(The Germans capture Cabaret Rouge, June 12, 1915)

“VERY CLEVER, BUT HOW LONG CAN HE KEEP IT THERE?”

CEASE FIRING

THE SPIRIT OF ’48“Ich weiss nicht was soll es bedeuten”

THE SPIRIT OF ’48

“Ich weiss nicht was soll es bedeuten”

NO MERCY

DROPPING THE PILOT

IN THE ENGLISHMAN’S HOME(The British Isles are bombarded.—Cable dispatch)

IN THE ENGLISHMAN’S HOME

(The British Isles are bombarded.—Cable dispatch)

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE(The Italian people clamor for war. Cable dispatch)

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

(The Italian people clamor for war. Cable dispatch)

“THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE AND THE GRANDEUR THAT WAS ROME”

“INASMUCH AS YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME”(Karlsruhe bombarded by Allied aviators in retaliation.—Cable dispatch, June 1915)

“INASMUCH AS YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME”

(Karlsruhe bombarded by Allied aviators in retaliation.—Cable dispatch, June 1915)

“ET TU, BRUTE?”

ONE HUNDRED YEARS

GOING! GOING!(August, 1915)

GOING! GOING!

(August, 1915)

DIVIDENDS ON “A SCRAP OF PAPER”

BELGIUM RESTORED(Germany is to restore monuments and architecture damaged in last summer’s invasion.—Wireless dispatch, August, 1915)

BELGIUM RESTORED

(Germany is to restore monuments and architecture damaged in last summer’s invasion.—Wireless dispatch, August, 1915)

DULCIS AMOR PATRIAE(President Poincaré, in a bill, will ask for 400,000 recruits between 18 and 19 years old—Cable dispatch, September, 1915)

DULCIS AMOR PATRIAE

(President Poincaré, in a bill, will ask for 400,000 recruits between 18 and 19 years old—Cable dispatch, September, 1915)

HONEY(The Germans and Austrians recapture Peremysl, September, 1915)

HONEY

(The Germans and Austrians recapture Peremysl, September, 1915)

THE GOOSE-STEP

BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP SEA

ALWAYS SURE TO REPORT(German admiralty in doubt as to sinking of ships, as submarines have not yet reported.—Cable dispatch)

ALWAYS SURE TO REPORT

(German admiralty in doubt as to sinking of ships, as submarines have not yet reported.—Cable dispatch)

HOISTING IT AGAIN

MÜNCHAUSEN

TOO LATE AGAIN

FORCING THE DARDANELLES—A NIGHTMARE

“CLOSE UP THESE FACTORIES! SHERMAN WAS RIGHT. BE NEUTRAL!”

THEY AGREE ON ONE THING: “GUILTY!”

WILL HE GET HIM?(The Russian army escapes Hindenburg, winter, 1915)

WILL HE GET HIM?

(The Russian army escapes Hindenburg, winter, 1915)

EMPEROR WILLIAM INTRODUCES PEACE(A German peace rumor, September 3, 1915)

EMPEROR WILLIAM INTRODUCES PEACE

(A German peace rumor, September 3, 1915)

THE DUAL THRONE

HUNGER, THE PEACEMAKER

ANOTHER EVICTION(November, 1915)

ANOTHER EVICTION

(November, 1915)

ON WHEELS

A FRIGHTFUL JEST

THE INTERNATIONAL LAW COURTBelligerent: “Don’t make me laugh,—it’s inappropriate”

THE INTERNATIONAL LAW COURT

Belligerent: “Don’t make me laugh,—it’s inappropriate”

CHRISTMAS CHEER, 1915

BRINGING UP REINFORCEMENTS

ECCE HOMO!(January 9, 1916)

ECCE HOMO!

(January 9, 1916)

WASHING HIS HANDS(January 4, 1916)

WASHING HIS HANDS

(January 4, 1916)

THERE’S MANY A SLIP

“THESE DIED—THAT THESE MIGHT LIVE” (?)

THE PHANTOM CONVOY

THE MAN WITH THE SWORD“How will it be with kingdoms and with kings—With those who shaped him to the thing he is.When this dumb terror shall reply to GodAfter the silence of the centuries?”—From“The Man with the Hoe,”by Edwin Markham

THE MAN WITH THE SWORD

“How will it be with kingdoms and with kings—With those who shaped him to the thing he is.When this dumb terror shall reply to GodAfter the silence of the centuries?”—From“The Man with the Hoe,”by Edwin Markham

PRINTEMPS

THE AMERICAN WAR-DOG(The American-German crisis, January-March, 1916)

THE AMERICAN WAR-DOG

(The American-German crisis, January-March, 1916)

THE RIDDLES

“LE JOUR DE GLOIRE EST ARRIVÉ”(Verdun, March, 1916)

“LE JOUR DE GLOIRE EST ARRIVÉ”

(Verdun, March, 1916)

ON THE ROAD

THE HOSTAGE(Germany intends to keep conquered territory until the Allies seek peace.—Cable dispatch, March, 1916)

THE HOSTAGE

(Germany intends to keep conquered territory until the Allies seek peace.—Cable dispatch, March, 1916)

“WHY CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE? CAN’T YOU SEE WE’VE WON ON SEA AND LAND?”(Bethmann-Hollweg speaks in the Reichstag, March, 1916)

“WHY CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE? CAN’T YOU SEE WE’VE WON ON SEA AND LAND?”

(Bethmann-Hollweg speaks in the Reichstag, March, 1916)

“NOW REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU”

ATLAS

THE GERMAN SUBMARINE COMMANDER’S ACCURATE CONCEPTION OF THE BOAT HE BLEW UP(April 14, 1916)

THE GERMAN SUBMARINE COMMANDER’S ACCURATE CONCEPTION OF THE BOAT HE BLEW UP

(April 14, 1916)

“I CAN NOT TELL A LIE: HE DID IT WITH HIS LITTLE SUBMARINE”

AWAITING ORDERS—WHICH FLAG?(April 21, 1916, before the German reply had been received)

AWAITING ORDERS—WHICH FLAG?

(April 21, 1916, before the German reply had been received)

“IT IS NOT GERMANY’S FAULT IF PEACE IS STILL WITHHELD FROM THE NATIONS OF EUROPE”(From Germany’s reply to the American note on the submarine issue, May 8, 1916)

“IT IS NOT GERMANY’S FAULT IF PEACE IS STILL WITHHELD FROM THE NATIONS OF EUROPE”

(From Germany’s reply to the American note on the submarine issue, May 8, 1916)

“GO EASY WITH THAT, JOHN!”

“UNCEASING WAS THE PLAY OF WRETCHED HANDS”—Inferno, Canto XIV

“UNCEASING WAS THE PLAY OF WRETCHED HANDS”

—Inferno, Canto XIV

THIRSTY(May 14, 1916.—The British surrender at Kut-el-Amara, while the Russians are moving south)

THIRSTY

(May 14, 1916.—The British surrender at Kut-el-Amara, while the Russians are moving south)

GRIEF(On the death of Lord Kitchener, June, 1916)

GRIEF

(On the death of Lord Kitchener, June, 1916)

VIA VERDUN

“THE SITUATION CONTINUES SATISFACTORY”—Official Report

“THE SITUATION CONTINUES SATISFACTORY”

—Official Report

MAY THE SPARKS NEVER REACH IT!

“LET THE BUGLES SOUND THE TRUCE OF GOD TO THE WHOLE WORLD FOREVER!”—Charles Sumner

“LET THE BUGLES SOUND THE TRUCE OF GOD TO THE WHOLE WORLD FOREVER!”

—Charles Sumner

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Translated from the French ofPaul Gsellby Mrs.Romilly Fedden

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A Study of English Portraiture Before and After Van Dyck.

By C. H. Collins Baker

More than a hundred collections, including the finest private galleries of England, were, by the courtesy of their owners, made available for the study which the author gave to the preparation of this extraordinary work, which covers English portraiture (omitting Van Dyck because he has already been so frequently studied) from 1603 to 1723, or from Holbein to Hogarth.

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