The second event in progress during the interval of peace was connected with the Aegean Islands question. Germany, having first utilized her diplomatic influence in favor of Turkey, later on encouraged the Government of that country in its continued protests against the decision upon that question arrived at by the great powers. Not content, however, with this, the Kaiser, who has now adopted the policy of deportation in Belgium, in Poland, and in Serbia, definitely encouraged the Turks in a like measure in regard to the Greeks of Asia Minor in order to be rid of a hostile and Christian population when the time for action arrived. That this encouragement was given was always apparent to those who followed the course of events in 1914, but that it was admitted by a German Admiral to Mr. Morgenthau constitutes a condemnation the damning nature of which it is difficult to exaggerate. THE EUROPEAN WAR AS SEEN BY CARTOONISTS [Illustration: [Dutch Cartoon] Gott Mit Uns _--Raemaekers in "Kultur in Cartoons."_] [Illustration: [French Cartoon] Signing the Russian Peace _--From La Victoire, Paris._] [Illustration: [Spanish Cartoon] Peace in Russia _--From Esquella, Barcelona._] [Illustration: [Swiss Cartoon] The Russian Revolution _--From Nebelspalter, Zurich._ Bolshevist statesmanship.] [Illustration: [English Cartoon] A Threat from the Orient _--From The Passing Show, London._ "Fancy meeting _you_!"] [Illustration: [Italian Cartoon] The Yellow Peril _--From Il 420, Florence._ GERMANY: "After I have gathered all these eggs into one basket, this fellow threatens to upset everything."] [Illustration: [American Cartoon] Camouflage _--From The Indianapolis News._] [Illustration: [Dutch Cartoon] The Kaiser's "Alte Gott" _--From De Notenkraker, Amsterdam._ "In thee I trust, confound me not."] [Illustration: [French Cartoon] _--From La Victoire, Paris._ "We have done all this: We will try to do better."--_General Foch._] [Illustration: [American Cartoon] Prussianism _--From The Columbus Dispatch._ How can the world make peace with this thing?] [Illustration: [American Cartoon] Enough to Make a Dead Man Laugh _--From The New York Herald._ WILHELM: "What have I not done to preserve the world from these horrors?"] [Illustration: [English Cartoon] The End of Their Perfect Day _--From The Passing Show, London._] [Illustration: [American Cartoon] _--G. M. Amato in Mid-Week Pictorial._] [Illustration: [English Cartoon] Postponed "Papa, ven _are_ ve going to Calais?" "Ach! Go and ask your grandpa!" _--From Cassell's Saturday Journal, London._] [Illustration: [American Cartoons] Rough Going _--San Francisco Chronicle._ Now You're Shoutin', Newton! _--St. Louis Globe-Democrat._] [Illustration: [American Cartoons] Hohenzollern "Victory" _--From The New York Times._ GERMANY: "How many will be left to enjoy the fruits of your 'victory'?"] [Illustration: The Follies of 1918 _--Buffalo News._