Charles Vivian 290 MUDDLE THROUGH Clive Holland 292 MY ENEMY IS MY BEST FRIEND William Mitchell Ramsay 294 HOW I DEAL WITH THE SMALL FRY Clive Holland 296 THE TWO EAGLES A. Shadwell 298 LONDON INSIDE THE SAVOY E. Charles Vivian 300 LONDON OUTSIDE THE SAVOY E. Charles Vivian 302 THE INVOCATION A. Shadwell 304 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION Louis Raemaekers will stand out for all time as one of the supreme figures which the Great War has called into being. His genius has been enlisted in the service of mankind, and his work, being entirely sincere and untouched by racial or national prejudice, will endure; indeed, it promises to gain strength as the years advance. When the intense passions, which have been awakened by this world struggle, have faded away, civilization will regard the war largely through these wonderful drawings. * * * * * Before the war had been in progress many weeks the cartoons in the Amsterdam _Telegraaf_ attracted attention in the capitals of Europe, many leading newspapers reproducing them. The German authorities, quick to realize their full significance, did all in their power to suppress them. Through German intrigue Raemaekers has been charged in the Dutch Courts with endangering the neutrality of Holland--and acquitted. A price has been set on his head, should he ever venture over the border. When he crossed to England, his wife received anonymous post-cards, warning her that his ship would certainly be torpedoed in the North Sea. The Cologne _Gazette_, in a leading article on Holland, threatens that country that "after the War Germany will settle accounts with Holland, and for each calumny, for each cartoon of Raemaekers, she will demand payment with the interest that is due to her." Not since Saul and the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines has so unexpected a champion arisen. With brush and pencil this Dutch painter will do even as David did with the smooth stone out of the brook: he will destroy the braggart Goliath, who, strong in his own might, defies the forces of the living God.