[Illustration: Yes, of course, "Turkey did it."] In February, 1916, the newspaper offices were being bombarded with stories from "a source near the German Embassy."--"What Mr. Lansing thinks," "Washington agrees with Berlin," "What the President believes," etc., etc. [Illustration: Washington's most industrious special correspondent.] In the Place d'Iéna in Paris stands a statue of Washington. Within sight of this monument an old man and a little child were killed, the only victims of an air raid by German "Taubes." [Illustration: A Silent Protest.] Von Bernstorff, hoping that the "Lusitania" was buried forever, was busy with assurances of regret. His principal hope being that she might "Rest in Peace." [Illustration: His Private graveyard.] Mr. Bryan, to the disgust of all decent Americans, made a plea to his countrymen to bow to the will of Germany and keep off the seas entirely. [Illustration: Safety first.] It was asserted and has never been denied, by the German Government, that the Kaiser decorated the commander of the "U" boat which sank the Lusitania. [Illustration: Let the decoration fit the crime.] Verdun had become a slaughter house. To save the tottering prestige of the Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm, whole German battalions were sacrificed in vain efforts to break down the French defense. [Illustration: Like sheep to the slaughter.] Von Tirpitz was said to have expressed deep sorrow for the women and children he had been compelled to kill. (As well, perhaps, as for those whom he was to kill on the morrow.) [Illustration: Von Tirpitz.] The Junker Pirates, having filled the sea with little lost children, torpedoed a hospital ship and sent down into the deep a score of Red Cross nurses to keep them company. [Illustration: On the sinking of a hospital ship.] In the face of a sea campaign of "Frightfulness," Von Jagow came out with a statement that "Piracy no longer exists." But something just as good was "made in Germany." [Illustration: "Pirates and Privateers no longer exist."--Von Jagow.] In a safe of one Von Igel were found documents of the most incriminating nature. Count Von Bernstorff was given opportunity to claim them as official papers if he so desired. [Illustration: "Well, Count, do you claim it?"] Junker impudence in the German Embassy at Washington had reached its highest point. Even Count Von Bernstorff realized that he had gone the very limit with our State Department. [Illustration: The Kaiser's Colonial Secretary for North America.] When the German Ambassador protested against the deportation of his chief lieutenants for their activities in plots against our peace and safety, he was warned that his own position was none too secure. [Illustration: "Please observe, Mr. Ambassador, that you are pretty close to the edge yourself."]