The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09
Great War Gave
Hollander His Op-
portunity and Bes-
TALLY ofHuns Fur
nished Material in
Plenty
By THoREAU CRONYN.

n AEMAEKERS has the distinc- |
ton OF being the only car
- - toonist who has stirred the
whole world. Mast drove Tweed |
from the trough in New York. but |
beyond the seas his name was prob
ably unknown. No single picture has
moved France more than Forain's
simple vision of the little blue rifle
men steady in the trench at the be-
ginning OF the war. saying Now II
only the civilians keep true!" But
F'orain. although this ought not to be
so, is hardly better known off the Con-
tinent than were his great prede-
cessors, Daumier and Gavarni.
AS for the Dropping of the Pilot
IF Sir John Tenniel who adorned the
pages Of Punch for half century,
this cartoon has had longer life after
the event that inspired it than will
perhaps be accorded to anything OF
Raemaekers. Yet II would be idle TO
say that the international appeal Of
Tenniel and his international pubic
compared with those OF the Hollander.
There were no hot Goals OF world
war for Tenniel TO touch; the exist
ence Of the Blond Beast was ell but
unexpected.
Price of 10000 Marks on Head.
There is no profit in specializing
upon what another's genius would
have done if placed ms was that OF
Raemaekers. The fact stands alone
that placed as he was Raemaekers
rad both the eyes to see, at the very
outset. that the cause Of the war and
OF deeds that we do not like to think
about now, but must, lay In the Ger
man character. and the hand to linn
this truth SO that all peoples might
also see It. Yes. even Germany saw.
and did him the fine compliment OF
setting a price of $4,000 marks upon
his head
One hundred OF the drawings which
made Berlin howl are reproduced In
tho second volume Of "Raemaekers's
Cartoon History OF the War" which
has Just been published by the Century
Company. There are to be four vol
Gnes in the series, each covering a
year OF tho conflict. The subjects Of
the present one deal with the second
year. beginning August. 1915, in the
course Of which there were events
summoning tho artist to his best work.
At the outset Germany was held to
q defensive line IN the west but was
still driving through Poland and, hav-
ing occupied Warsaw was vainly Of
fering Russia separate peace. GoaG
ing to the pencil Of the cartoonist were
the further developments Of the second
twelvemonth. Bulgaria lined up with
the Central Powers. Serbia and Mon
teneSro were ravished as was Belgium
over which the wrath OF Raemac kers
first bia1ed. The wabbltng Of Greece
and reputation OF her treaty with
Serbia were susceptible OF sardonic
treatment.
Crown Prince Ample Material.
Raemackers found no end Of ma
terial In the massacres before NsrIun
as the Crown Prince threw his men
upon the French spear in the pro-
dgious offensive that began in Febru-
airy. 1916, and was finally smashed by
July I. In the meantime tho Russians
In the Caucasus and Armenia had
routed the Turks and taken Erzerurn.
snd by June the Russian northern
armies had come back" and were
tearing UP the line from Riga to the
Carpathians. In the last month of the
second year Raomachers was follow
ing the big push" in the west, Russia
advancing in the east, Austrans re-
treating in the Tenino and italy
starting her spectacular thrust on the
lscnzo.
Amid these major operations in the
field. as J. Murray Allison, compiler
"a the collection. remarks, the car
toonist did not neglect TO record other
incidents. Says Mr. Allison:
THE various and devious peace
moves Of the enemy did not escape
his comment nor old the cold blooded
murders OF Nurse CaveN and Capt
Fryatt He has recorded also many