October !, 1913. 



REVIEW OF REVIEWS. 



8n 



London Opinion.] 

 WHEN BALKAN ALLIES PALL OUT THE 

 " HONEST TURK " EXPECTS TO COME INTO 

 HIS OWN. 



Simplicissimus.] [Munich. 



THE UNHAPPY TRAINER. 



I intended Pan-Slavism to be something very 

 different to this." 



Ulk.'] [Berlin. 



Abdul Hamid : " I also have lost battles and pro- 

 vinces, I also have borrowed money and mur- 

 dered. What I want to know is, Why do you 

 keep me locked up?" 



The rapidity of the changes in the 

 Balkans is illustrated by the cartoons 

 reproduced here. When these papers 

 left Europe the war was still raging. 

 Peace has been declared, and another 

 war now threatens ! All seize upon the 

 chance Turkey had when the quondam 

 Allies fell out — a chance which she has 

 used to the uttermost. The German and 

 Austrian papers insist that Russia is the 

 Deus ex machina, the instigator of the 

 whole trouble. Russia no doubt played 

 her own hand, but so did Austria. Botli 

 of them wanted to break up a Balkan 

 Federation, and to weaken the Balkan 

 States. Much fun has been made of the 

 candidates for ruler of Albania. The 

 way in which the German papers disap 

 prove of the increase in the army is 

 rather remarkable. Der Wahre Jacob 

 accurately shows militarism is the ex- 

 tinguisher of progress and culture, and 

 Kladderadatsch in a rather gruesome 

 picture indicates that poor Michel is 

 being drained of Ins life blood to keep 

 up a bloated military system. The 

 nower of the Meat Trust m Argentina 



