%.^^ V. A^'Xfi'?^'^ AMERICA'S Black and White BOOK One Hundred Pictured Reasons WHY WE ARE A T WAR ' By W. A. ROGERS CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY NEW YORK Copyright, i<)i7, by Thf New York Hekald Company All Rights Reserved FEB 14 1918 ©CI,A492264^ LIST OF CARTOONS NUMBER 1. Verdict — "Carelessness on the part of the deceased.' 2. The first great German "U" Boat Victory. 3. Modern German Gothic Art. 4. The Announcement. 5. A SILENT COMPANY — Yet its voice is heard above the roar of Cannon. 6. Those "cannon on the forward deck." 7. Here are "the facts." 8. He had expected to find the President alone. 9. "We Germans love the Belgians, who were forced into the war." — Dr. Demberg. 1 0. The Crushing of Belgium. 1 1 . Invasion of Belgium by the "Uncultured." 12. GERMAN RELIGIOUS ART — Intended for a Cathedral window. 1 3. Christmas Night. I 4. A. moving picture. I 5. There is no American blood on John Bull's hands. 16. Going to "throw a scare" into Uncle Sam. I 7. "THOSE FLIPPANT AMERICANS, who were drowned on the Lusi- tania." — Cologne Gazette. 18. "Gott Mit Uns" — and Allah too! 1 9. Swarming. 20. "Here's a present from the Kaiser, my pretty maid." 21. "Seized for Military purposes." 22. Those w^ho are decorated. 23. It w^as a glorious Victory. 24. One of those touching pictures of a German soldier feeding little Belgium. 25. "Don't you see the war is nearly over? — Forget the Lusitanial" 26. Activities of a German diplomatist in America. 27. Activities of an American diplomatist in Europe. 28. A good deal like the "Goose-Step." 29. The sad case of Mr. Dumba. 30. Just whose pet snake is this? 31. Is God still with us? 32. Once more the Olive Branch. 33. Assurances by the waste-basket full. 34. "Yes, father, I remember you said the war would end in October." 35. Spraddled. 36. The Austrians did it. 37. Recently on exhibition at Cooper Union. 38. The New Intensive Kultur. 39. "Watch your step!" 40. Whether to get angry or to laugh! 41. A message on preparedness — at the psychological moment. 42. A little May party interferes with the Christmas spirit. 43. The Ambulance Driver. 44. "For ways that are dark." 45. "It's got to be uprooted." 46. The Persia Torpedoed. 47. The Barbary Pirates: We cleaned them out 1 1 years ago, and we may have to do it again. 48. Yes, of course, "Turkey did it." 49. Washington's most industrious special correspondent. 50. A Silent Protest. LIST OF CARTOONS NUMBER 5 1 . His Private graveyard. 52. Safety first. 53. Let the decoration fit the crime. 54. Like sheep to the slaughter. 55. Von Tirpitz. 56. On the sinking of a hospital ship. 57. "Pirates and Privateers no longer exist." — Von Jagow. 58. "Well, Count, do you claim it?" 59. The Kaiser's Colonial Secretary for North America. 60. "Please observe, Mr. Ambassador, that you are pretty close to the edge yourself." 61. "From now on we w^ill make no forward movement." 62. "Admiral of the Atlantic." 63. Assorted cargo for the return trip of the Deutschland. 64. Triumph of the Hohenzollerns at Verdun. 65. Those disappointing German-Americans. 66. Preparing a few^ more answers to our protests. 67. Is anybody being fooled by this? 68. A Prussian offer of Peace. 69. No, this is not Eliza crossing on the ice! 70. Maybe somebody wants to buy a little suckling pig, eh? 71. Bringing the flag up to date! 72. A survival of the dark ages. 73. Germany. 74. Under their true flag. 75. Wrathful waiting. 76. THE ONLY ANSWER: Kaiser: "One day in the week you may go to Falmouth." Uncle Sam: "Seven days in the w^eek you may go to !" 77. I'm here, Mr. President, close behind you. 78. Another case of wiping hands on the American flag. 79. For homeless Belgium. 80. "Shame — only American sailors! Not a woman or child in the lot." 8 1 . Something to remember after the War. 82. The new recruit. 83. It is to laugh. 84. Not all is dark. 85. "We are now getting the enemy out of their trenches." — German report. 86. "Papa, here comes the light that killed Uncle Nick." 87. The Junker must go. 88. "Come avay; our music iss not for Barbarians." 89. The Piffle steams under orders from Wilhelmstrasse. 90. THE HONEYMOON IS OVER. 'He gave me a black eye at Carnegie Hall." 91. A good recruiting sergeant for Uncle Sam. 92. Will it succeed? 93. "Your mother, your wife, your child may be nextl" 94. Still "luring tSem on." 95. Mobilized. 96. The way to do it. 97. Rehearsing their swan song. 98. Hold Fast, Everybody! 99. This is their emblem. 100. To France! INTRODUCTION EACH government engaged in the European War has issued a White, Green, Blue or Yellow Book, explaining the causes which led to its entry into the great conflict. These books are all interesting, and are full of valuable documentary information; but, if the busy people of America are to understand the reasons for their ow^n partici- pation in the war, some shorter cut to the desired end must be devised. We, therefore, offer a BLACK AND WHITE BOOK, in which our nation's reasons for going to war are set forth in pictures, a universal language which can be read at a glance by any one who has eyes to see. On August I st, 1914, we were at peace with all the world. We were bound by ties of blood to every race on earth. Particularly close and intimate v\:ere our relations v^ith the German people, whom we welcomed to our shores as among our most desirable citizens. Then, far aw^ay from us, apart from our interests or concerns — like a tragedy being, played on the other side of the footlights — broke the frightful war of 1914. We looked on fascinated, but not convinced of the reality of its cruelty. For a little over eight months we watched it, when, on April 22nd, 1915, there appeared in the New York papers an advertisement stating that the great passenger ship "LUSITANIA" would sail on the 7th of May for Liverpool. In the next column, in equally conspicuous type, appeared a sinister warning to Ameri- cans, telling them to keep off the seas at peril of their lives. This was signed, "IMPERIAL GERMAN EMBASSY, Washington, D. C." On May 7th came the fulfilment of the threat, and we awoke to the fact that we were not an audience looking at a tragedy, but the victims of the tragedy itself. Not until then was it brought home to cg that our good German friends, whom we thought we knew so well, had been inoculated with the virus of a Junker madneas, and that we were dealing with a people who had cast from them every restraint of fair fighting and had become the outlaw nation of the world. In the following pictures the Artist has attempted to show "Why we are at war." -W. A. ROGERS. WITH Junker thoroughness, Dr. Bernhard Dernberg had been sent here to suggest ex- cuses for the brutal assassination of Belgium. Verdict — "Carelessness on the part of the deceased. " THE first woman to fall a victim to the "U' boat piracy was a stew^ardess on an English merchant ship sunk without warning in 1914. The first great German "U" boat Victory. [2] THE Rheims Cathedral belonged to the v/orld. The product of hundreds of years of conse- crated labor, its destruction by a nation devoted to "Kultur" is one of the primary reasons why we are at war. ^^^'Jas^-^ f^^^^ Modern German Gothic Art. [3] A^ THE blackest count in the indictment against Germany is foreshadowed in the warning by the Imperial German Embassy at Washington to all Americans, of the crime w^hich w^as to follo\y on May 7th, 1915. The Announcement. [4] ON May 7th, 1915, by order of the Imperial German Government, a "U" boat torpedoed the great ship Lusitania without -warning, drown- ing over 1 ,200 passengers. A sea crime unequaled by any pirate know^n to history. A SILENT COMPANY— Yet its voice is heard above the roar of Cannon. [5J IMMEDIATELY after the sinking of the Lusi- tania, hired perjurers swore that the ship carried guns on her for^vard deck when she sailed from the port of New York. Those "cannon on the forward deck." [6] GERMANY with brazen stupidity insisted on being told the facts — facts which she knew in far greater detail than did the Government of the United States. Here are "the facts." [7] A FEW days after the crime of May 7th, the Count Von Bernstorff requested an audience ■with the President. He understood he was to see the President alone. ^-^ He had expected to find the President alone. R. BERNHARD DERNBERG became ex- ceedingly tiresome with his hypocritical professions of affection for the Belgians. His pro- paganda was effective but not in the way he in- tended. 'We Germans love the Belgians, who were forced into the war." — Dr. Dernberg. IF the Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm really said what he is credited with: "This is the most stupid, senseless and unnecessary war of modern times," he accurately described his father's masterpiece. The Crushing of Belgium. [10] IN the early months of the war the plain people of the United States invaded Belgium. This lack of "Kultur" was not criticised by the Belgians. Invasion of Belgixim by the "Uncultured. IN the autumn of 1914 the German Government issued a poster representing a 42 c. m. shell on w^hich was piously inscribed, "Mit Gott fur Konig und Vaterland." GERMAN RELIGIOUS ART— Intended for a Cathedral window. [12] IT is a singular fact, attested by many photo- graphs, that in the battered interiors of a num- ber of Cathedrals within the war zone, figures of Christ, unharmed, still hold their places. Christmas Night. [13] OFFICIAL Germany has reported that the busy "U" boat Commander sometimes de- sists from firing on life boats long enough to reel off a moving picture of his drowning victims. A moving picture. [14] A STRONG effort was being made in May, 1915, to persuade the United States Govern- ment that England was equally guilty w^ith Ger- many in ignoring our rights at sea. There is no American blood on John Bull's hands. [15] THE German dearly loves a masquerade. Mr. Bartholdt was parading the "German Vote" in Congress in January, 1915, -with the idea of "Throwing a scare into Uncle Sam." Going to "throw a scare" into Uncle Sam. [16] THE. semi-official Cologne Gazette added insult to injury when it characterized the one hun- dred and twenty-five American men, w^omen and children lost on the "Lusitania, " as "Those Flippant Americans. " 'lI^SI-^ZZJg^^^'''^'"' -'" — ^-'^ "" ">» [17] THE Kaiser invited the "unspeakable Turk" to help subjugate the barbarians of England, France and Italy, 'Gott Mit Uns" — and Allah too! ri8] THE United States was swarming with Ger- man spies and assassins whose activities seemed to have a center in the German Embassy at Washington. Swarming. [19] LITTLE children playing on the quiet greens of peaceful English villages seemed to be the favorite targets of the Zeppelin fleet. Heres a present from the Kaiser, my pretty little maid. THE hosts of "Kultur" seemed to take particu- lar delight in the destruction of the monu- ments of Gothic grandeur in Belgium and France. ^'' 'Seized for Military purposes. [21] As the "war went on, the heroism and devotion of the Red Cross nurse seemed to shine out with a lustre which quite eclipsed the glitter of military decorations. Those who are decorated. [22] HEROIC Belgium, crushed beneath the gross bulk of bloated Junkerdom, still held his sword in hand, ready to strike again for freedom. It was a glorious Victory. GERMAN soldiers "whose hands were red with the blood of Belgian mothers, posed for official photographs to be used for American propa- ganda, show^ing them feeding little Belgian children. One of those touching pictures of a German soldier feeding little Belgium. C24] AFTER the campaigns of Lemberg and Przemysl, the Kaiser intimated to Washington that the War was about over; and it would be well, in the interests of peace, to FORGET THE "LUSITANIA." Don't you see the war is nearly over? — Forget the Lusitania!' COUNT Von Bernstorff continued to "pl^Y horse" with Uncle Sam, while Dumba, Von Papen and Boy-Ed looked on w^ith ill-concealed contempt at "the idiotic Yankees." Activities of a German diplomatist in America. [26] IN contrast to the violation of our hospitality by Counts Von Bernstorff and Dumba in America, Brand Whitlock, our ambassador in Belgium, spent his time in relieving the distress in that distracted country. Activities of an American diplomatist in Europe. MR. BRYAN, in the disguise of a pacifist, was consciously or unconsciously playing the role assigned him by the Imperial German Em- bassy at Washington. A good deal like the "Goose-Step. E28J AMBASSADOR DUMBA, having accumulated sufficient rope, hanged himself at last. His hat as well as his passports were handed him by the President. The sad case of Mr. Dumba. [29] ONE bomb plot succeeded another; leaving a slimy trail that aWays led back to the Ger- man Embassy at Washington. lH^i^Ki w Just whose pet snake is this? [30] BEFORE a -wrecked Cathedral -window in France, from which the Mother and Child still looked down in silent protest, a young German re- cruit might -well ask, "Is God still -with us?" Is God still with us? [31] IN September, 1915, the Count Von Bernstorff extended the olive branch to the Government of the United States, while Von Tirpitz backed him up with a gun. Once more the Olive Branch. [32] VON BETHMANN-HOLLWEG was urged by the German Embassy in Washington to patch up any old assurances and send them over as Uncle Sam was becoming extremely restless. Assurances by the waste-basket full. [33] CERTAIN that Verdun would fall, the Kaiser had predicted that the war would end in October, 1915. As September closed, the Crown Prince's army w^as being shot to pieces. 'Yes, father, I remember you said the ^A^ar would end in October." [34] IT looked as though the German Army -was spread over too much territory — faced too many fronts to be effective! Spraddled. THE "Ancona" -was sunk with great loss of life, and the German Government immediately claimed that an Austrian "U" boat was respon- sible, their attitude being that any story was good enough for "those idiotic Yankees." The Austrians did it. [36] IN the autumn of 1915, "The Friends of Peace" hung their white robes over plots of assassi- nation, arson, piracy and the destruction of ships and munition plants. Recently on exhibition at Cooper Union. [37] UNDER OUR FEET the Prussian spy system was working day and night. It was hard to take a step in Washington without sticking your foot on a spiked helmet. The New Intensive Kultur. [38] THE people of the United States were beginning to think we had had enough of German ag- gression, and it w^as felt that a strong stand must be made for the national dignity and honor. 'Watch your step!" 139] IN November, 1915, Mr. Henry Ford had an idea "wished on him" by an Austrian lady who w^as lecturing in this country. She succeeded in making a spectacle of him, at which Uncle Sam was uncer- tain whether to laugh or weep. Whether to get angry or to laugh! [40] WHEN the country, in December, 1915, "was at the height of distraction, with plots against its peace and security being carried out in every direction, President Wilson came out Avith a message on Preparedness for War. A message on preparedness — at the psychological moment. [41] IMMEDIATELY before Christmas the German Government once more sent us assurances of her high regard and friendship, meanwhile blowing up a few^ ships at sea and munition plants on land. A little May party interferes with the Christmas spirit. [42] MANY young Americans were at the front, driving their ambulances into the Hne of fire. Even Christmas night found therrr abroad on their errands of mercy. The Ambulance Driver. [43] WITH one hand passing out checks to Von Papen to pay for dynamite, and the other carrying assurances to the White House of Ger- many's good faith and friendship, Gount Von Bernstorff w^as fairly busy. 'For ways that are dark. TREASONABLE plots v^ere becoming more and more unbearable. It "was thought that the breaking point vv^as very near. ^^u, /// .-^ ^A "It's got to be uprooted." [45] THE U. S. Consul to Aden, travelling on the business of his government, vvras the victim of a "U" boat attack in the Mediterranean. This oc- curred very near the spot v\rhere we drove the Bar- bary pirates from the seas a hundred and ten years ago. TttE CONSUL'S STORY AS TOLD TO THE JLITTLt LVSHANIfii CHILDREN. S^J. The Persia Torpedoed. [46] THE expedition in wrhich the U, S. Marines dis- tinguished themselves one hundred and ten years ago vv^as brought to mind by the piracy of 1916. I'; l:^z a:T^^' ''""-' *^'" •-" "« ^-^ ^^° -^ we WITH characteristic effrontery Germany and Austria disclaimed responsibility for the death of our consul to Aden, blaming it on the Turks. ^vj^ T^rr^o^'-''' Yes, of course, "Turkey did it." [48] IN Feburary, 1916, the newspaper offices were being bombarded w^ith stories from "a source near the German Embassy." — "What Mr, Lansing thinks," "Washington agrees w^ith BerHn," "What the President beheves," etc., etc. Washington's most industrious special correspondent. [49] IN the Place d'lena in Paris stands a statue of Washington. Within sight of this monument an old man and a little child were killed, the only victims of an air raid by German "Taubes. " A Silent Protest. [50] \7^0N BERNSTORFF, hoping that the "Lusi- tania" was buried forever, was busy with as- surances of regret. His principal hope being that she might "Rest in Peace." His Private graveyard. [51] MR. BRYAN, to the disgust of all decent Americans, made a plea to his countrymen to bow to the Avill of Germany and keep off the seas entirely. Safety first. [52] IT was asserted and has never been denied, by the German Government, that the Kaiser deco- rated the commander of the "U" boat which sank the Lusitania. ■^S- ""^K Let the decoration fit the crime. [53] \ TERDUN had become a slaughter house. To save the tottering prestige of the Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm, whole German bat- talions w^ere sacrificed in vain efforts to break down the French defense. ^^'^ Like sheep to the slaughter. [54] VON TIRPITZ was said to have expressed deep sorrow for the women and children he had been compelled to kill. (As w^ell, perhaps, as for those w^hom he w^as to kill on the morrow^.) OK, ujot IS 7VU. , ih.t'Tirote^ cnect^ TUy oLotL ' 5 -^e^v fu.ll sore, j'^TvcL Son-<3uj, LLIct' Q, risiaa "ticLtj Droiuas alt "tlvt/ \oyS oy^jQ^e^," Tfvts clroiwnliid ch-Udrux Iry iiit, scort- T-towE/i/e-r cLrolL ffit, sport maii seeia, Jtatts to iE- r-th.L b-a.(rts tu/vo L<> 50 <:+; I > Tfien. prtyikeTPirall- , so oicL aad. gra^, j^s lxtsh.a.rp£as K'ts kaife aadihtteoi'sfall^ost, ^t- uJoaUL actwour cLe\\^v\ -^v^^^ 'From now on we will make no forward movement." [61] IN June, I 91 6, Wilhelm II, peering out from be- hind Heligoland, where his ships had rusted for two years, declared himself "Admiral of the At- lantic." "Admiral of the Atlantic." [62] THE "Deutschland," a cargo submersible craft, sent over for reasons best known to the Ger- man Admiralty, was extremely mysterious as to her cargo for the return trip. Assorted cargo for the return trip of the Deutschland. [63] IT was stated in a cable from Amsterdam, that, by the Kaiser's direct personal order, issued about three weeks after the first attack on Verdun, to the Court painter, a great historical painting w^as to be made, called "The Triumph of the Hohenzollerns. " Accordingly the painter, with costumes, horses, models, and a corps of photog- raphers and assistants, mobilized his forces on an eminence overlooking Verdun. Jriumph of the Hohenzollerns at Verdun. [64] JUNKERDOM could never understand why all German-bom American citizens, or American citizens of German blood did not immediately rally to the flag of Germany against the forces fighting for the liberty of the world. Those disappointing German-Americans. [66] GERMANY was ready to talk about restricting "U" boat activity as long as -we would listen to her; but the sound of riveting machines in her shipyards w^as her real answ^er. Preparing a few more answers to our protests. [66] WHILE Von Bethmann-Hollweg was talking of Germany's desire for peace and a cessa- tion of slaughter, Germany was making every preparation for a renew^al, more ruthless than ever, of undersea w^arfare. Is anybody being fooled by this? [67] WHILE her soldiers were driving Belgian civil- ians into slavery in Germany, Von Beth- mann-HolWeg was issuing such beautiful senti- ments as the follow^ing: "Conscious of their responsibility before God, before their own nations and before Humanity. ' A Prussian oflFer of Peace. [68] AN American-German (not a German- Ameri- can) said in an interview in December, 1916, that Germany's Peace Proposals had broken the ice. No, this is not Eliza crossing on the ice! [69] EVERYBODY in the world had heard of the German Peace Proposals, supposed to have been sent out by the Kaiser, but nobody had been allo^ved to see them. Maybe somebody wants to buy a little suckling pig, eh? THE Kaiser and Von Tirpitz were much happier in announcing a new campaign of Intensive Frightfulness than w^hen endorsing the hypocritical peace proposals of Von Bethmann HolWeg. Bringing the flag up to date! [71] THE retreat of the German Army in north- eastern France "will be remembered as one of the blackest pages in Junker history. It stirred the indignation of the "whole vv^orld. A survival of the dark [72] ages. BLINDED by the glitter of fifty years of mili- tarism, the German peasant now^ finds himself the bearer of a crushing burden. His case is not helped by the diplomacy w^hich guides him. Germany. [73] ON February 1st the German Admiralty with the utmost deliberation raised the black flag of piracy against the entire -world, declaring that all vessels of whatever description w^ould be sunk on sight if they approached European w^aters. ^-