The failure is only at first glance. Raemaekers is not concerned to reproduce the conventional cartoon of workingmen carrying a burden of other classes on their shoulders. The point lies not in the burden, but in the nature of the burden, the contrast, so perfectly portrayed, between the character of the Kaiser and the characters of his proud and willing slaves. The Kaiser, crafty and contemptuous, but neither so ignorant nor so stupid as to be wholly unconscious of the foolish and contemptible position he occupies! The workingmen evidently once strong, intelligent and enthusiastic, though now blinded and crippled, are utterly unconscious of what they are doing. Carrying the heavy burden of Kaiserism seems no more to them than their day's work. You see Raemaekers knows both Kaiser and workingmen, and so will have nothing to do with the conventional portraits of either. The Kaiser is neither a beast nor a fool--however foolish his position may be. The workingmen are neither labor heroes ready to revolt, nor conscious and beaten serfs. WILLIAM ENGLISH WALLING. [Illustration] _THE ANNEXATION OF AMERICA_ _"I think, All Highest, we had better not insist upon the annexation of America."_ * * * * * In the inscription "Ten Million Men between 21 and 30" on the Statue of Liberty, Raemaekers has as usual gone to the heart of things. Ten million trained citizen soldiers!!! What an insurance of peace and security against attack or insult. Universal Citizen Military Education and Training. From the beginning the first article in our International Creed has been the Monroe Doctrine--America for Americans. If the result of the present war shall be to add two additional items to that creed, namely Universal Military Education and Training, and the United States, the First Air Power in the world, it will be worth all that it costs, and this great nation can go on in peace and security to work out the mighty destiny awaiting it. Raemaekers' placing "All Highest" and his aide upon the conning tower of a submarine, suggests another most vital matter at this present time. The submarine has held the world's spotlight for the last two years. Its deadly efficiency is universally conceded. That deadly efficiency is the direct result of Admiral von Tirpitz's unyielding insistence on a centralized, independent, untrammeled Department for the submarine. PEARY. [Illustration] _A REHEARSAL_ _"When I say, Down with Wilson! you all cheer!"_ [Illustration] _AT THE HOLLAND FRONTIER_ * * * * * Whether the war be long or short, the quickest road to peace is the road straight ahead of us, with no division among the American people. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. [Illustration] _RESTITUTION AND REPARATION_ * * * * * The Prussian theory of right and justice is this: "What is mine is mine. What is yours is also mine if I want it."