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HISTORY OF THE MONTH IN 



CARICATURE. 



Oh, wad some Power the giftie gie us 

 To see oursels as ithers see us. — Bunts. 



it nch. 



[London. 



EOAI> BLOCKED. 



The Montenegrin Bantam: "You go round me if 

 you can, and over me if yon dare'" 



The two cartoons reproduced on this 

 page — from London Punch — are ex- 

 ceedingly clever. Other caricaturists 

 have seized upon Montenegro's defiance 

 of the Powers as a subject for their 

 nimble pencils. The chief topic treated 

 in the humorous journals of Europe 

 is the damning revelation made by 

 Herr Liebknecht's in the German Reich- 

 stag, proving that the great armament 

 firms were responsible for the periodi- 

 cal war scares through which Europe 

 was constantly going. The bigger the 

 scare could be made, the larger the 

 order for weapons of war. Thus these 

 vampire concerns batten on the nations 

 they are supposed to serve! Tin- ad 

 ditional military expenditure is also 



freely commented upon. I 'US s picture 

 of poor German Michel being compelled 

 to purchase Germania a new military 

 hat is a fair sample of the rest. The 

 question of a halt in naval construc- 

 tion so far as England and Germany 

 are concerned is the subject of several 

 good cartoons. Simplichsstmus is an 

 exceedingly clever paper. So smart and 

 daring is it, indeed, that is has been 

 confiscated several times, and is not 

 now obtainable in the bookstalls any- 

 where in Germany. Its sarcastic picture 

 showing the busy harvest explains why 

 it gets into trouble with the military 

 authorities. Der Wakre Jacob shows 

 China watching the " annexation " of 



Pv hi 



ROAD CLEAK. 



1 London. 



Montenegrin Bantam (having got out of the way 

 at tliv lasi moment): "Ha! ha! gave you a nasty 

 icare that time. And your troubles aren't over 

 yet. You'll Mud that old bird Kssad further 

 down the road." 



