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REVIEW OF REVIEWS. 



abyss of conflict, whilst the chauffeur, 

 Peace, is fast asleep. Ulk is typical of 

 the general way in which the German 

 papers regard the immense increase in 

 the war expenditure, and shows the 

 Chancellor rivetting yet another armour 

 plate on to a ])rotesting Germania. 

 Kladderadatsch depicts him trying 

 vainly to unravel the Gordian knot of 

 the Balkans. The Parisian Charivari 

 suggests, rather too hopefully, that Ger- 

 many may be induced to reduce her ar- 

 maments by the other Powers. Most of 

 the events set forth in the war cartoons 

 have been so much anticipated by the 

 cables as to appear very out of date. 

 Kladderadatsch' s skit on the way in 

 which the Sultan acquiesced in the re- 

 cent revolution is clever enough For 



H'estmi'nstcr Oci^ffte.j 



AFTER BIG GAME 



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MONGOLIA'S DREAM. 



the first time a King of Spain received 

 a republican in audience, which is the 

 occasion for the cartoon in Gliihlkhter. 

 Le Rtre, whose series of caricatures of 

 famous men were very cruel, but most 

 clever, has made the row of French 

 Presidents look as ridiculous as possible. 

 The recent innovation of having some 

 policemen in Berlin who were supposed 

 to be able to speak English has given 

 rise to a good deal of fun. The police- 

 man would hardly have made the mis- 

 take indicated had an Australian been 

 speaking ! Mongolia may well dream, 

 uneasily with the fate of Korea in his 

 mind, but it is Russia, not Japan, who 

 will hold the halter in his case. 



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PANAMA CANAL. 



fBerlin 



While all the uationa are fighting each other far away in Turkey, the canal can be fortified 



with the ereateat ease. 



