In conclusion we may note that of all the Balkan States only Rumania and, to a certain degree, Greece have any money to run their affairs. This, however, has nothing to do with the matter of their entrance in the war, as in that case there will be one or the other European combination to pay the freight.
Such was the aspect of the Balkan Peninsula at the beginning of the great European war.
[Illustration: (_From The Bystander, London._)
How the Famous Bernhardi Wrote the Eulogy of Germany's Culture.]
_A SELECTION OF NOTABLE CARTOONS FROM LEADING ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN, AND GERMAN PUBLICATIONS, SHOWING HOW THE KNIGHTS OF THE PEN AND BRUSH ARE WAGING THE WAR OF CARICATURE AGAINST THE FOES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE ALLIANCES_
Still Not Letting Go--and Still Breathing!
[Illustration: (_From The Sketch, London._)
THE PRUSSIAN EAGLE: "This is no good to me. That pup's growing every minute. I've half a mind to fly away."]
[Illustration: (_From The Tatler, London._)
The Barbarian Finds His "Place in the Sun" Too Hot for Him.]
TURKEY: "I'm getting a bit fed up with this. I shall kick soon."
AUSTRIA: "Well, I was thinking of lying down."]
KAISER: "My poor bird, what _has_ happened to your tail feathers?"
GERMAN EAGLE: "Can you bear the truth, Sire?"
GERMAN EAGLE: "It's like this, then. You told me the British lion was contemptible. Well--he wasn't!"]
[Illustration: (_From the Bystander, London._)]
IMPERIAL DACHSHUND: "Here I've been sitting up and doing tricks for the best part of seven weeks, and you take no more notice of me than if--"
BRITISH LION: "Please don't look at me like that, Sam. _You_'re not the eagle I'm up against."]
[Illustration: (_From The Sketch, London._)
Making the German Officers' Mess a Success.]
[Illustration: (_From The Sketch, London._)
THE POLICEMAN: "What have you got there? Pigeons?"
THE ENGLISHMAN (_naturalized_): "No; they vos singing-birds."
THE ENGLISHMAN (_naturalized_): "Home, sveet home."]
The New Year's Present That We Are Wishing For
[Illustration: (_From La Vie Parisienne, Paris._)
A Million English Soldiers to Help Us Drive the Germans from France and Belgium.]
[Illustration: (_From La Vie Parisienne, Paris._)
(The conspicuous place taken by children's stockings at Christmas time in English-speaking countries is usurped by the youngsters' shoes in France.)]