u, the German people, to decide
whether you choose this fate. Meanwhile Time presses and the sands run
low."

Such was the matter of the leaflet that Mr. Punch rained down from his
Bouverie biplane (fortunately invulnerable) upon the cities of the
Fatherland. Till now the German people, fed on windy tales of triumph
in place of solid food, had borne their sufferings patiently as trials
incident to all wars even when you are told that you are winning them.
This was the first intimation they had received of the facts. For the
first time they had a chance of seeing themselves as others saw them.

He carried no bombs, but as he flew over Potsdam he could not refrain
from letting fall, by way of reprisal, a weighty souvenir upon the
purlieus of the Imperial Palace. Dropped at a venture, there is reason
to believe that it fell within measurable distance of the head-piece
of the All-Highest. It was Mr. Punch's

[Illustration: "One Hundred and Fifty-Third Volume."]

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[Illustration: INDEX]

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CARTOONS.

PARTRIDGE, BERNARD.
At Bay, 319
Belgian Menace (The), 239
Betrayed, 399
Birthday Greeting for Hindenburg (A), 255
Breaking it up, 157
Brusiloff Hug (The), 25
Business of the Moment (The), 41
Dance of Death (The), 271
Freedom Renews Her Vow, 97
Here To-day and Gone To-morrow, 287
How it Strikes a Soldier, 351
How to Lose the War at Home, 303
If Everybody Helped, 383
Inexpensive Luxury (An), 431
"Knightly Manner" (The), 137
Last Crusade (The), 415
Long Live the House of Windsor!, 57
Privileged Disloyalty, 335
Real Voice of Labour (The), 117
Russia's Dark Hour, 77
St. George Out-Dragons the Dragon, 367
Saving of the Race (The), 9

RAVEN-HILL, L.
Avanti, Savoia!, 191
Birds of Ill Omen, 361
Burglar Bill, 281
Cornered, 149
David in Rhonddaland, 377
Democratic Turn (The), 35
East Africa, 393
Enigma, 265
Fateful Session (A), 69
Great Incentive (A), 329
Great Uncontrolled (The), 345
Inseparable (The), 223
Interlude, 313
Intruders (The), 129
Liberators, 175
Nation Demands (The), 3
Need of Men (The), 409
New Loaf (The), 109
Place in the Moon (A), 233
Russia First, 207
Scrapper Scrapped (The), 51
Tuber's Repartee (The), 19
Vive la Chasse!, 297