And in September, 1913, he was shown as unable to dissemble his
disappointment at the defeat of the German-trained Turkish army by the
Balkan League.
[Illustration: THE STORY OF FIDGETY WILHELM
(Up-to-date Version of "Struwwelpeter")
"Let me see if Wilhelm can
Be a little gentleman;
Let me sec if he is able
To sit still for once at table!"
"But Fidgety Will
He _won't_ sit still."
Just like any bucking horse.
"Wilhelm! We are getting cross!"
_Feb._ 1, 1896.]
[Illustration:
THE SOWER OF TARES
(_After Millais, Aug. 23, 1905_)]
So, too, with Turkey. From 1876 to 1913 Mr. Punch's cartoons on the Near
East are one continuous and illuminating commentary on Lord Salisbury's
historic admission that we had "backed the wrong horse," culminating in the
cartoon "Armageddon: a Diversion" in December, 1912, when Turkey says
"Good! If only all these other Christian nations get at one another's
throats I may have a dog's chance yet." Throughout the entire series the
Sick Man remains cynical and impenitent, blowing endless bubble-promises of
reform from his hookah, bullying and massacring his subject races whenever
he had the chance, playing off the jealousies of the Powers, one against
the other, to further his own sinister ends.
[Illustration: SOLID
GERMANY: "Donnerwetter! It's rock.
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