The Washington herald., 1916-01-02
Price PLACED ON
HEAD OF ARTIST
Kaiser Offers $4,000 for Cap
ture of Dutch Cartoonist
Who Loves to Lampoon.
TEASES THE GERMANS
Heaps Rdicule on Teuton Professors,
Says Their Heads Resemble
Hay Stacks.
by speciL cerruponasrt.l D

London. Dec. 81 met Louis Raemark-
ers. the famous Dutch cartoonist. neal
the Leicester Galleries. where his war
drawings have been exhibited for some
time. He was looking the very picture OF
health and evidently had not lost any
sleep over the fact that the Kaiser has
placed a price Of $500 on his head.
He had a lot of tales TO tell, having
just arrived here from his native country
to celebrate Christmas In England
When I lerr here last" he said, y
Travelled from Tilbury Docks with . lot
Of Germans, civilians who had been per
mitted by the home office to leave the
internlng camps and return to their na-
tive country, with its empty fleshpots.
They we're all stout and had evidently
been well fed and taken care of during
tneir enforced stay in the camp.
AT Boxtel. the first station in Holland
where our trainload of English prisoners
OF war stopped. returning to England as
unit for further military service, l
thought IL would be interesting to COM
pare the two patches Of prisoners The
general public was not allc wed on the
platform because Il had formerly given
vent to its sympathies with the English
prisoners In q manner not quite neutra.,
according TO the ideas OF our cautious
Dutch government. A number Of women.
however. carrying immense baskets Of
food and big pitchers of coffee, were a.
lowed to remain. In a few minutes !
realized the reason why.
$4,000 on His Head.
The train rolled in and the women
made a rusn for the compartments,
ing. hollov-eyed men, half dead with
hunger. for until they reached Dutch
territory their German guards had not
allowed even a drop of water to be given
to them. Fortunately not even the
Dutch government considers II a breach
of neutrality to feed starving people, SO
in less than five minutes all the baskets
and pitchers were empty. and the train
left while the crowds outside the station
cheered themselves hoarse and waved
hats and handkerchiefs.
My wen-fed German travelling COM
psnions looked rather shamefaced,
ousy.
How about that 5000 prize on your
head?'' I asked.
Raemaekers laughed
The Kaiser has singled me out for
special honors," he said. They evident.
II do not like my little sketches in Ger.
many and the German minister at The
Hague moved heaven and earth to In.
duce the Dutch government to prosecute
ne on the charge Of indangering the neu-
trslity Of Holland.
When he did not succeed the German
government tried on another tack. / re-
cetved a letter in which they expressed
their regrets that a talented artist like
myself should attaSk only Germany in
stead. Of devoting part Of my time to at
tacks on France and England, and guar.
snteed me an enormous sale Of my draw.
ings in Germany, which would make me
l rich man In a very short time.
Teases German Professors.
Finally, when they realized that va,
not moved. they showed themselves In
their true colors and offered a prize oi
5000 to any one who should succeed IN
enticing me across the German frontier
My chief pleasure now, when in Hol.
land, - to tease German professors. Ny
poor country Is full Of them They in.