Michael’s dummy “John Bull” was, however, very clearly made in Germany, and Holland is not deceived. She adjoins Belgium--a circumstance the man behind the scarecrow perhaps forgot--and they who have been watching Germany at work in their neighbour’s country are not going to be alarmed at this silly German “John Bull.” They know the real John Bull at first hand, and his methods of conducting commerce and practising war. It was not John Bull who torpedoed the _Tubantia_ and committed a thousand other pirate and brigand acts against this neutral power. It was not John Bull who in August of last year wrote to the Burgomaster of little Wavre and demanded £120,000, failing which Wavre would be set on fire and destroyed “without distinction of persons, the innocent to suffer with the guilty.” Holland is staunch, for she knows that Germany’s care for the weak nations is the good wife’s love for the chickens and the butcher’s for the lamb. Michael would like to thrust his revolver into John’s hand and pretend afterwards that he had pulled the trigger; but the smiling Dutch frontier guard is in no danger of being deceived. EDEN PHILLPOTTS [Illustration: MICHAEL: “Boo-hoo!” THE DUTCHMAN: “Come out from behind there, Michael, you can’t frighten me.”] PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK. SPECIAL NOTICE :: TO PURCHASERS OF THE :: “LAND AND WATER” EDITION OF RAEMAEKERS’ CARTOONS The “Land and Water” edition of Raemaekers’ Cartoons will be complete in twenty-six parts. Each part will contain Twelve Cartoons in colours and Twelve Chapters by our most prominent writers. When complete there will be 312 Cartoons and 312 Chapters. These cartoons and articles will illustrate and describe every phase of the war in a manner quite distinct from any other war publication, and when complete, the parts of which this is the first, will constitute a short, vivid and graphic history of the war, which will live and be treasured long after the mass of literature now being produced is forgotten. These parts are compiled so that when bound the stories and illustrations will be continuous. The twenty-six parts will be divided into two volumes, thirteen parts to one volume. Those who wish to possess the work complete should order the whole of the twenty-six parts immediately from their Newsagents, thereby making sure that no one part is missing from the complete set. Special Binding Cases, designed by Mr. Raemaekers, will be available in due course. “LAND & WATER,” EMPIRE HOUSE, KINGSWAY, LONDON, W.C. _ORDER FORM TO YOUR USUAL NEWSAGENT._ _Kindly reserve for me regularly as they appear the twenty-six fortnightly parts of the “Land and Water” Edition of RAEMAEKERS’ CARTOONS._