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 E