It is interesting to trace the change in the temper of _Punch_, not only in domestic, but in foreign, affairs. _Punch_ appears to have given up his pacifism--or, as Mr. Graves calls it with reforming zeal, his “pacificism”--as a result of his generous sympathy with insurgent Italians and Hungarians. That was the thin end of the wedge. Having once drawn the sword, _Punch_ found it even more enjoyable than drawing cartoons. He drew it fiercely against the Russians in the Crimean War. He drew it fiercely against the Indians in the Indian Mutiny. He drew it on behalf of General Eyre after the negro outbreak in Jamaica. He drew it against Lincoln in the American Civil War. Mr. Graves ought, for historical reasons, to have reprinted _Punch’s_ parody on one of Lincoln’s speeches. He is content, however, to describe it as “a truly lamentable performance, in which the President claims dictatorial powers, calls for whipcord to whip the rebels, abuses the ‘rotten old world,’ talks with the utmost cynicism of the blacks, and in general behaves like a vulgar buffoon.” Mr. Graves, with an impartiality which cannot be too highly praised, reminds the _Punch_ of those days that “the magnanimous Lincoln would never allow” the Southerners to be called rebels in his presence--a significant reminder when we recall how Mr. Lloyd George drew on the Lincoln parallel in defending his treatment of the Irish. But, for the ironist, the most amusing of all _Punch’s_ blunders in regard to foreign policy is the welcome he offered to the birth of the German Navy in an article called “Bravo, Bismarck!” “Britannia through her _Punch_,” he wrote, “rejoices to weave among her naval azures a new shade--Prussian blue.” It is only fair to say that _Punch_ was not consistent in his attitude to Germany. But he has shown a curious capacity for backing the wrong horse--the horse that seemed to “get away” at the start, but that was ultimately disqualified by the stern judge, history. He gave up championing lost causes and took to championing causes that would be lost a generation later.