02310cam a22003133u 4500 77594 UtSlPG 20260610134810.0 m cr n 260607r20261915utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 D501 Walker, Jack "The Daily Graphic" special war cartoons, no. 1 Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2026 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2026-01-01 Brian Coe, PrimeNumber and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Daily Graphic" special war cartoons, no. 1 by England) Daily graphic (London. This is a collection of satirical political cartoons produced in the early 20th century. The volume presents British wartime commentary and propaganda, focusing on World War I themes and the perceived threat of German militarism in Europe. The collection strings together striking images and punchy captions that lampoon Kaiser Wilhelm II, Austria-Hungary, and the German war machine while championing British resolve. Motifs recur: John Bull and the British Lion embody national grit; the “mad dog” and “road-hog of Europe” caricature German aggression; Dame Europa tends to a swollen-headed “William”; the shade of Napoleon warns against overreaching ambition; and the “scrap of paper” mocks treaty-breaking in Belgium. Naval anxiety and defiance surface in scenes about mines, the Heligoland Bight, and Tirpitz, while the “Russian steam-roller” signals Allied pressure from the east. Across these vignettes, the volume asserts that German conquest is a bubble to be pricked, that allies and smaller nations will turn against bullying, and that, in the end, steadfastness ensures that “he laughs longest who laughs last.” (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: London: H.R. Baines and Co. Ltd, 1915 World War, 1914-1918 -- Caricatures and cartoons Daily graphic (London, England) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77594 118314 118314