. Review of reviews and world's work. of the powers is assured, because of their trust of each other.—From VIk (Berlin), The European cartoons reflecta good deal of the sentiment ex-pressed in the Emperor Wil-liams famous drawing of somefour and a half years ago. Someof our readers will rememberthat we made use of it for ourfrontispiece in January, bring the picture to mindagain by a smaller reproduction,which will be found at the top ofthe opposite page. The EmperorWilliam did not make the fin-ished drawing, but furnished arough sketch and an explanationof his idea, and the final work
. Review of reviews and world's work. of the powers is assured, because of their trust of each other.—From VIk (Berlin), The European cartoons reflecta good deal of the sentiment ex-pressed in the Emperor Wil-liams famous drawing of somefour and a half years ago. Someof our readers will rememberthat we made use of it for ourfrontispiece in January, bring the picture to mindagain by a smaller reproduction,which will be found at the top ofthe opposite page. The EmperorWilliam did not make the fin-ished drawing, but furnished arough sketch and an explanationof his idea, and the final workwas done by a well-known artist,Knachfus. The allegorical fig-ures represent the civilized na-tions of Europe, in front of whichstands unmailed the winged arch-angel Michael, holding in hisright hand a flaming countenance, to quote thesemi-official explanation that wasgiven to the German press in 1895,is turned toward the femalegroup. His features reflect graveenergy, and his outstretched lefthand, which points to the ap-. A LEGACY OF DISCOUD. Chinaman : You allee chop-chop me now, but welly soon forrin devil chop-chopfoi-riu devil !~From Piuich (London). CURRENT HISTORY IN CARICATURE. 165 proaching horror, also em-phasizes the invitation to pre-pare for the sacred dark clouds in the distancerepresent the conflagrationsthat mark the path of Chineseinvaders whose mighty hostsare intent upon the destructionof Europe. The Chinese drag-on carries the image of Bud-dha. Beneath the cartoon theEmperor wrote an inscriptionwhich called upon the nationsof Europe to join in the defenseof faith and home. In view ofrecent happenings, this cartoonhas a greater interest than reproduce beneath the Em-peror Williams design a newversion of it from the Amster-dammer, in which Confuciusis represented as calling uponthe Asiatic peoples to defendtheir sacred possessions fromthe threatening invasion of theChristian nations of satire is better justifiedby f
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