December 30, 1915. 
L A iN D AND W A 1 E R 
lias the time to raise ttie armies that will turn 
the scale., if the Allies can draw upon the world 
for the metal and food that make victory— and 
waiting for victor}^ — possible ; if the effort to 
shatter European civilisation and to rob the 
Western world of its Christian tradition fails, 
it is because our enemies counted upon a war in 
which England would not tight. Some day, then, 
we shall see what we, and all the world, owe to 
}t>U. 
We may then be tempted to De generous and 
pay you perhaps a living wage for }Our work, and 
not cut it down to a half or a third if there is 
no ship in which to employ you. And if you lose 
your health and strength in the nation's service, 
we may pay you a pension proportionate to the 
value of your work, and the dangers and res- 
ponsibilities that you have shouldered and to the 
strenuous self-sacrificing lives that you have led, 
for our sakes. We may do more. We may see 
to it that honours are given to you in something 
like the same proportion that they are given, say, 
to civilians and to the army ; we may do more still. 
We may realise that to get the best work out of 
you, you must be ordered and governed and 
organised by yourselves. 
But then again we may do nothing of the 
kind. We may continue to treat you as we have 
always treated you, and if we do, there is at any 
rate this bright side to it. You will continue to 
serve us as you have always served us, working for 
nothing, content so you arc allowed to remain 
the pattern and mirror of chivalry and knightly 
service, and to wear the " iron fetters " of duty 
as your noblest decoration. 
ARTHUR POLLEN. 
RAEMAEKERS' CARTOON. 
/A' "The Old Serb," which forms the frontispiece 
of this issue Mr. Louis Raemaekers has, as 
it li'ere, incarnated the horror that has fallen on 
Serbia — a horror as great as fell on Belgium ; 
in some respects perhaps greater for German brutality 
has been intensified by the rigours of winter and of 
a barren and mountainous land, into which so many 
refugees have fled. For the truth that underlies this 
pathetic original cartoon which has been drawn 
specially for Lanu and Water a)ul only appears 
in its pages, there is nnfortunatelv not the least 
doubt; atrocities have [been deliberately perpetrated 
under the direct orders of tht German General 
Staff in order to terrify Greece and Roumania 
'and to frighten them into at least preserving 
their neutrality. We have the war correspondent of 
the " Berliner Tageblatt " for instance, stating 
STRAP OR STRAFE. 
To the Editor of Laiui atui Wder. 
SiK. — Kok-rrin^i to Mr. Boyd Cable's article on the 
" I'liraseology of tiie Front," whicii apf)ears in your issue 
of the 2.ird inst., would it not he well to make up our minds 
at once how we are .ijoing to sjiell the word " straf " and 
whether the last letter is to be doubled or not ? The German 
word for punishment is of course " Strtife." and " to punish '' 
is " strafen." By analogy ought we not to spell it " Strafe " 
and " strafing " " 
Kounton Grange, Northallerton. High Bell. 
December 27th, 1915. 
MESSRS. SAMUEL BROTHERS' SALE. 
Beginning next Monday, Messrs. Samuel Brothers 
sale at their I.udgate Hill and Oxford Circus establish- 
ments offers wonderful opportunities. There is no " old stock." 
•but the best articles are " marked down " to real bargain 
prices. In ladies', gentlemen's, and juvenile outfitting, and 
m the matter of comforts and presents for the troops, this 
sale offers to the buyer an opportunity of acquiring first 
quality goods at exceptionally reduced prices. The sale 
prices are extended to ctothes to order, and aflordachanceof 
getting a good outfit with the least expenditure. 
CHANGE OF ADDRESS. 
On and after January Ist, 1916, the address of 
the Editorial and Advertising Offices of "LAND 
AND WATER ' will be 
EMPIRE HOUSE, 
KINGSWAY, 
LONDON, W.C. 
Telephone— Holborn 4572 (3 linti). 
MK LOUIS RAEMAEKERS. 
that " even in its flight the Serbian population in- 
terfere with and fire upon the soldiers, thus drawing 
upon themselves increased suffering, because each of 
these cases is punished on the spot." Civilisation 
has learnt in Belgium what this "punishment" is. 
Germany's crimes against humanity are not to 
pass unavenged. A remarkable feature of this 
Christmas has been that not only has the abomi- 
nation of f rightfulness been denounced by all the 
Churches, but punishment on the perpetrators has 
been loudly demanded. Mr. Raemaekers has been 
a great instrutneni in bringing home to the 
conscience of ' this nation the untold horrors of 
Germany's approved methods of warfare. France 
has done honour to fterself and to the. cartoonist- 
l)y conferring on him the Cross of the Legion of 
Honour. Shall not England do the same, and 
otpciaUv recognise by an outstanding honour the 
magnificent and courageous part which Louis 
Raemaekers lias taken in the cause of Immanity. 
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