60. "Please observe, Mr. Ambassador, that you are pretty close to the edge yourself." 61. "From now on we will make no forward movement." 62. "Admiral of the Atlantic." 63. Assorted cargo for the return trip of the Deutschland. 64. Triumph of the Hohenzollerns at Verdun. 65. Those disappointing German-Americans. 66. Preparing a few more answers to our protests. 67. Is anybody being fooled by this? 68. A Prussian offer of Peace. 69. No, this is not Eliza crossing on the ice! 70. Maybe somebody wants to buy a little suckling pig, eh? 71. Bringing the flag up to date! 72. A survival of the dark ages. 73. Germany. 74. Under their true flag. 75. Wrathful waiting. 76. THE ONLY ANSWER: Kaiser: "One day in the week you may go to Falmouth." Uncle Sam: "Seven days in the week you may go to ----!" 77. I'm here, Mr. President, close behind you. 78. Another case of wiping hands on the American flag. 79. For homeless Belgium. 80. "Shame--only American sailors! Not a woman or child in the lot." 81. Something to remember after the War. 82. The new recruit. 83. It is to laugh. 84. Not all is dark. 85. "We are now getting the enemy out of their trenches."--German report. 86. "Papa, here comes the light that killed Uncle Nick." 87. The Junker must go. 88. "Come avay; our music iss not for Barbarians." 89. The Piffle steams under orders from Wilhelmstrasse. 90. THE HONEY-MOON IS OVER. "He gave me a black eye at Carnegie Hall." 91. A good recruiting sergeant for Uncle Sam. 92. Will it succeed? 93. "Your mother, your wife, your child may be next!" 94. Still "luring them on." 95. Mobilized. 96. The way to do it. 97. Rehearsing their swan song. 98. Hold Fast, Everybody! 99. This is their emblem. 100. To France! [Illustration] INTRODUCTION Each government engaged in the European War has issued a White, Green, Blue or Yellow Book, explaining the causes which led to its entry into the great conflict. These books are all interesting, and are full of valuable documentary information; but, if the busy people of America are to understand the reasons for their own participation in the war, some shorter cut to the desired end must be devised. We, therefore, offer a BLACK AND WHITE BOOK, in which our nation's reasons for going to war are set forth in pictures, a universal language which can be read at a glance by any one who has eyes to see. On August 1st, 1914, we were at peace with all the world. We were bound by ties of blood to every race on earth. Particularly close and intimate were our relations with the German people, whom we welcomed to our shores as among our most desirable citizens. Then, far away from us, apart from our interests or concerns--like a tragedy being played on the other side of the footlights--broke the frightful war of 1914. We looked on fascinated, but not convinced of the reality of its cruelty.