Raemaekers' Cartoons: With Accompanying Notes by Well-Known English Writers

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RAEMAEKERS' CARTOONS

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(Transcriber's note: a signed Portrait of Louis Raemaekers)

Photograph by Miss D. Compton Collier]

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RAEMAEKERS' CARTOONS

WITH ACCOMPANYING NOTES BY WELL-KNOWN ENGLISH WRITERS

WITH AN APPRECIATION FROM H. H. ASQUITH, PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND

GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1916

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Copyright, 1916, by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian.

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LIST OF CARTOONS AND THE DESCRIPTIVE NOTES PAGE PORTRAIT OF LOUIS RAEMAEKERS INTRODUCTION Francis Stopford AN APPRECIATION FROM THE PRIME MINISTER H. H. Asquith CHRISTENDOM AFTER TWENTY CENTURIES Francis Stopford 8 A STABLE PEACE Eden Phillpotts 10 THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS E. Charles Vivian 12 BERNHARDIISM Hilaire Belloc 14 FROM LIEGE TO AIX-LA-CHAPELLE Francis Stopford 16 SPOILS FOR THE VICTORS Hilaire Belloc 18 THE VERY STONES CRY OUT Bernard Vaughan, S. J. 20 SATAN'S PARTNER G. K. Chesterton 22 THROWN TO THE SWINE The Dean of St. Paul's 24 THE LAND MINE Herbert Warren 26 "FOR YOUR MOTHERLAND" Eden Phillpotts 28 THE GERMAN LOAN E. Charles Vivian 30 EUROPE, 1916 G. K. Chesterton 32 THE NEXT TO BE KICKED OUT--DUMBA'S MASTER Arthur Pollen 34 THE FRIENDLY VISITOR H. DeVere Stacpoole 36 "TO YOUR HEALTH, CIVILIZATION!" The Dean of St. Paul's 38 FOX TIRPITZ PREACHING TO THE GEESE Herbert Warren 40 THE PRISONERS Eden Phillpotts 42 IT'S UNBELIEVABLE Hilaire Belloc 44 KREUZLAND, KREUZLAND UeBER ALLES The Dean of St. Paul's 38 THE EX-CONVICT Hilaire Belloc 48 MISS CAVELL G. K. Chesterton 50 THE HOSTAGES John Oxenham 52 KING ALBERT'S ANSWER TO THE POPE E. Charles Vivian 54 THE GAS FIEND Eden Phillpotts 56 THE GERMAN TANGO John Buchan 58 THE ZEPPELIN TRIUMPH W. L. Courtney 60 KEEPING OUT THE ENEMY H. DeVere Stacpoole 62 THE GERMAN OFFER Hilaire Belloc 64 THE WOLF TRAP Herbert Warren 66 AHASUERUS II John Buchan 68 OUR CANDID FRIEND The Dean of St. Paul's 70 PEACE AND INTERVENTION Boyd Cable 72 LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD H. DeVere Stacpoole 74 THE SEA MINE Arthur Pollen 76 "SEDUCTION" G. K. Chesterton 78 MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS Arthur Pollen 80 AD FINEM John Oxenham 82 "U'S" Arthur Pollen 84 MATER DOLOROSA Eden Phillpotts 86 "GOTT STRAFE ITALIEN!" Ralph D. Blumenfeld 88 SERBIA Sir Sidney Lee 90 "JUST A MOMENT--I'M COMING" Boyd Cable 92 THE HOLY WAR Boyd Cable 94 "GOTT MIT UNS" Eden Phillpotts 96 THE WIDOWS OF BELGIUM The Dean of St. Paul's 98 THE HARVEST IS RIPE William Mitchell Ramsay 100 "UNMASKED" Boyd Cable 102 THE GREAT SURPRISE G. K. Chesterton 104 THOU ART THE MAN! John Oxenham 106 SYMPATHY Ralph D. Blumenfeld 108 THE REFUGEES Joseph Thorp 110 "THE JUNKER" Clive Holland 112 "AU MILIEU DE FANTOMES TRISTES ET SANS NOMBRE" Alice Meynell 114 BLUEBEARD'S CHAMBER William Mitchell Ramsay 116 THE RAID Arthur Pollen 118 BETTER A LIVING DOG THAN A DEAD LION Arthur Shadwell 120 "THE BURDEN OF THE INTOLERABLE DAY" William Mitchell Ramsay 122 EAGLE IN HEN-RUN Boyd Cable 124 THE FUTURE Sidney Lee 126 CHRIST OR ODIN? Bernard Vaughan 128 FERDINAND Edmund Gosse 130 JUGGERNAUT John Oxenham 132 MICHAEL AND THE MARKS W. M. J. Williams 134 THEIR BERESINA John Oxenham 136 NEW PEACE OFFERS W. L. Courtney 138 THE SHIELDS OF ROSSELAERE William Mitchell Ramsay 140 THE OBSTINACY OF NICHOLAS Joseph Thorp 142 THE ORDER OF MERIT Ralph D. Blumenfeld 144 THE MARSHES OF PINSK Alice Meynell 146 GOD WITH US John Buchan 148 FERDINAND THE CHAMELEON G. K. Chesterton 150 THE LATIN SISTERS Horace Annesley Vachell 152 MISUNDERSTOOD Joseph Thorp 154 PROSPERITY REIGNS IN FLANDERS Cecil Chesterton 156 THE LAST HOHENZOLLERN E. Charles Vivian 158 PIRACY Arthur Pollen 160 "WEEPING, SHE HATH WEPT" Father Bernard Vaughan 162 MILITARY NECESSITY Eden Phillpotts 164 LIBERTE! LIBERTE, CHERIE! John Oxenham 166 I--"A KNAVISH PIECE OF WORK" George Birdwood 168 II--"SISYPHUS,--HIS STONE" George Birdwood 170 CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS A. Shadwell 172 PALLAS ATHENE Herbert Warner 174 THE WONDERS OF CULTURE Clive Holland 176 FOLK WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND THEM Bernard Vaughan 178 ON THE WAY TO CALAIS Eden Phillpotts 180 VON BETHMANN-HOLLWEG AND TRUTH Herbert Warren 182 VAN TROMP AND DE RUYTER Arthur Pollen 184 WAR AND CHRIST Cecil Chesterton 186 BARBED WIRE E. Charles Vivian 188 THE HIGHER POLITICS Boyd Cable 190 THE LOAN GAME W. M. J. Williams 192 A WAR OF RAPINE E. Charles Vivian 194 THE DUTCH JUNKERS A. Shadwell 196 THE WAR MAKERS John Oxenham 198 THE CHRISTMAS OF KULTUR A. Shadwell 200 SERBIA Horace Annesley Vachell 202 THE LAST OF THE RACE Arthur Pollen 204 THE CURRICULUM W. M. J. Williams 206 THE DUTCH JOURNALIST TO HIS BELGIAN CONFRERE G. K. Chesterton 208 A BORED CRITIC Eden Phillpotts 210 "THE PEACE WOMAN" Clive Holland 212 THE SELF-SATISFIED BURGHER W. L. Courtney 214 THE DECADENT John Oxenham 216 LIQUID FIRE Clive Holland 218 NISH AND PARIS Sidney Lee 220 GOTT STRAFE ENGLAND! Cecil Chesterton 222 THE PACIFICIST KAISER Sidney Lee 224 DINANT W. R. Inge 226 "HESPERIA" (WOUNDED FIRST) H. DeVere Stacpoole 228 GALLIPOLI G. K. Chesterton 230 THE BEGINNING OF THE EXPIATION G. K. Chesterton 232 THE SHIRKERS Sidney Lee 234 ONE OF THE KAISER'S MANY MISTAKES John Oxenham 236 BELGIUM IN HOLLAND Edmund Gosse 238 SERBIA William Mitchell Ramsay 240 JACKALS IN THE POLITICAL FIELD Herbert Warren 242 A LETTER FROM THE GERMAN TRENCHES Cecil Chesterton 244 HIS MASTER'S VOICE A. Shadwell 246 HUN GENEROSITY Horace Annesley Vachell 248 EASTER, 1915 G. K. Chesterton 250 PAN GERMANICUS AS PEACE MAKER Alfred Stead 252 GOTT MIT UNS Cecil Chesterton 254 OUR LADY OF ANTWERP W. L. Courtney 256 DEPORTATION Cecil Chesterton 258 THE GERMAN BAND John Oxenham 260 ARCADES AMBO Horace Annesley Vachell 262 "IS IT YOU, MOTHER?" Sidney Lee 264 THE FATE OF FLEMISH ART AT THE HANDS OF KULTUR Arthur Morrison 266 THE GRAVES OF ALL HIS HOPES H. DeVere Stacpoole 268 "MY SIXTH SON IS NOW LYING HERE--WHERE ARE YOURS?" H. DeVere Stacpoole 270 BUNKERED W. R. Inge 272 GOTT STRAFE VERDUN W. R. Inge 274 THE LAST THROW E. Charles Vivian 276 THE ZEPPELIN BAG Clive Holland 278 "COME IN, MICHAEL, I HAVE HAD A LONG SLEEP" Horace Annesley Vachell 280 FIVE ON A BENCH G. K. Chesterton 282 WHAT ABOUT PEACE, LADS? W. R. Inge 284 THE LIBERATORS Joseph Thorp 286 TOM THUMB AND THE GIANT E. Charles Vivian 288 "WE HAVE FINISHED OFF THE RUSSIANS" E. Charles Vivian 290 MUDDLE THROUGH Clive Holland 292 MY ENEMY IS MY BEST FRIEND William Mitchell Ramsay 294 HOW I DEAL WITH THE SMALL FRY Clive Holland 296 THE TWO EAGLES A. Shadwell 298 LONDON INSIDE THE SAVOY E. Charles Vivian 300 LONDON OUTSIDE THE SAVOY E. Charles Vivian 302 THE INVOCATION A. Shadwell 304

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INTRODUCTION

Louis Raemaekers will stand out for all time as one of the supreme figures which the Great War has called into being. His genius has been enlisted in the service of mankind, and his work, being entirely sincere and untouched by racial or national prejudice, will endure; indeed, it promises to gain strength as the years advance. When the intense passions, which have been awakened by this world struggle, have faded away, civilization will regard the war largely through these wonderful drawings.

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Before the war had been in progress many weeks the cartoons in the Amsterdam Telegraaf attracted attention in the capitals of Europe, many leading newspapers reproducing them. The German authorities, quick to realize their full significance, did all in their power to suppress them. Through German intrigue Raemaekers has been charged in the Dutch Courts with endangering the neutrality of Holland--and acquitted. A price has been set on his head, should he ever venture over the border.

When he crossed to England, his wife received anonymous post-cards, warning her that his ship would certainly be torpedoed in the North Sea. The Cologne Gazette, in a leading article on Holland, threatens that country that "after the War Germany will settle accounts with Holland, and for each calumny, for each cartoon of Raemaekers, she will demand payment with the interest that is due to her." Not since Saul and the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines has so unexpected a champion arisen. With brush and pencil this Dutch painter will do even as David did with the smooth stone out of the brook: he will destroy the braggart Goliath, who, strong in his own might, defies the forces of the living God.

When Mr. Raemaekers came to London in December, he was received by the Prime Minister, and was entertained at a complimentary luncheon by the Journalists of the British capital. Similar honour was conferred on him on his second visit. He was the guest of honour at the Savage Club; the Royal Society of Miniature Painters elected him an Honorary Member. But it has been left to France to pay the most fitting recognition to his genius and to his services in the cause of freedom and truth. The Cross of the Legion of Honour has been presented to him, and on his visit to Paris this month a special reception is to be held in his honour at La Sorbonne, which is the highest purely intellectual reward Europe can confer on any man.

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