Volume 13 No. 54a. For the safety of Europe - Our French Allies consider it essential to the welfare of Europe that the Kaiser should be exiled at the conclusion of the war

Volume 9 No. 39. His New Year resolution (which all the world will help him to keep) - `Resolved, that when peace is restored I'll never make war again' Wilhelm.

Volume 9 No. 40. Broken Austria - The number of Austria's killed & wounded is estimated at 250,000 whilst 100,000 are reported to have made prisoners (news item). Fmp. Francis Joseph: "Alas! I am spared nothing"

Volume 9 No. 41. Our most valued ally - time

Volume 9 No. 42. Revenge - At some points the trenches were so close together that it was possible to throw a biscuit from the British into the Germans. Tommy (who has been hit on the ear with an empty beef tin, to the German marksman): "Orright you cowardly German, wait till I get you after the war, I'll punch your nose off", 1915

Volume 9 No. 43. The horrors of a war of attrition, Lord Kitchener when asked when the war would end, replied by saying it would begin next May (news item). Der Kaiser: "Before May next we'll be bankrupt, starving perhaps. Such tactics are inhuman I'll appeal to the Hague"

Volume 10 No. 44. Canada makes good - John Bull: "Bravo! it seems to come quite natural to him". The Canadians near Ypres, distinguished themselves in a bayonet charge, to the accompaniment of the cry `For Canada & England'

Volume 10 No. 45. His last request - Turkey (the Kaiser's forlorn hope): "There are three things I request". The Kaiser: "Speak my brave brother, they are already granted". Turkey: "First that you don't want me to `take any place at all costs'; second that the Crown Prince doesn't lead me; third that you don't either"

Volume 10 No. 46. Under the North Sea - Neptune: "Ah! ah! the Kaiser has been putting his foot in it again". The German cruiser Blucher was sunk & two others seriously damaged during an attempted raid on the English coast (news item)

Volume 10 No. 47. Unlucky for the bird (German trade) - The sport (to Germania): "I am very sorry. It was quite unforeseen. I was firing at an eagle & your poor bird got in the line of fire"

Volume 10. 48. Much cry & no wool - Dame America: "Baa! baa! black sheep have you any wool?". Wool Buyers Assn. : "Yes ma'am ... The wool Buyers Association refuse to purchase if those whom they suspect of being agents for German firms are allowed to buy (news item)

Volume 11 No. 49. Hail! to the chief - Chorus of pirates (including he of Penzance): "Hail! Wilhelm, bully boy, brother"

Volume 11 No. 50. Everybody's doing it [drill books]

Volume 11 No. 51. What Belgia did for us [Treaty of London]

Volume 11 No. 52. An overdue note - another American ship has been sunk by the Germans (cable). Pres. Wilson (as Adm. von Tirpitz carries home the trophies): "I have a suspicion that this guy's going to make me feel real peeved. I really must send him another note" [S.S. Carib & S.S. Evelyn, U.S.A.]

Volume 11 No. 53. Home for the dethroned. The Sultan of Turkey has made every preparation for instant flight (news item) ...

Volume 12 No. 53a. The smouldering volcano - Italy

Volume 12 No. 53b. Italy's old man of the sea - Italy: "This seems a good opportunity to get rid of this burden" April 20th 1915

Volume 12 No. 53c. Peace: "You must wash the blood off first"

Volume 12 No. 53d. The wolf appears. The American Vic-Consul in Berlin, in his report of Jan 28th declares that Germany is on the verge of famine - about this time, cables referring to the shortage of foodstuffs appeared

Volume 12 No. 53e. The last of the litter - the sinking of the Dresden ...

Volume 13 No. 53f. The advent of spring in Europe, March 20th 1915

Volume 13 No. 53g. The melting snows [militarism] March 27th 1915

Volume 13 No. 54. The gradual impetuosity of Italy

Volume 13 No. 54b. Proved - John Bull (regarding Australia, Canada & New Zealand during a lull in the fighting): "My brave sons"

Volume 14 No. 54c. What will he do? - Uncle Sam: "Has the day arrived Mr President where pirates no matter how powerful, may with impunity kill American citizens & go unpunished by me?", May 11th 1915

Volume 14 No. 54d. What's in a name? - His Germanic Majesty: "As long as you continue to fight under civilized rules and permit me to make my own you may call me what you please"

Volume 14 No. 54e. Proud spirits & proud flesh - Shades of Grant, Lincoln & Washington: "Too proud to fight - what would America be today, had we been too proud too fight" [Wilson, President, U.S.A.] May 15th 1915

Volume 14 No. 54f. A hard row for Woodrow to hoe (European complications)

Volume 14 No. 54g. America's foreign citizen problem - Italians & Germans form a large proportion of the American population (news item) . America: "I wonder what's going to happen to me when Italy declares war on Germany?"

Volume 15 No. 54h. Spoiling trade - Dame Wilson (of America): "Drat those men, they're upsetting my trade" (Prussian spirit - Germany)

Volume 15 No. 55. "Chi va la?" - John Bull: "Halt! who goes there?". Italy: "A friend" ... May 22 1915

Volume 15 No. 56. Gas - Der Kaiser: "Barbarian! why don't you fight like a gentleman?" (cable)

Volume 15 No. 58. Making his presence felt - The Turk: " - and Der Kaiser told me he was only a chicken!"

Volume 15 No. 59. Will he? (American news latest another American ship sunk ... German submarine)

Volume 16 No. 60. The war's duration - (The Constantinople News, Germany declares war will last another year). The Turk: "Friend Wilhelm is too slow, now `my' war will be over long before then".

Volume 16 No. 61. A voice from the Dardanelles - Australia at the front (to those who stay at home): "Come on re-inforcements, we need you to make a cert. of this job"

Volume 16 No. 62. One hundred years ago & now - Shades of Wellington & Napoleon (on the anniversary of Waterloo): "As enemies, France & England never knew such savage methods as these barbarians are now using against us" (Gas)

Volume 16 No. 64. The diplomacy of the Greek - Greece: "I'm in da verra fine posish. W'en da Turka get keeled I jomp on hees shest" (neutrality)

Volume 16 No. 65. Every bear has his day. There are indications that the Russian retreat has ceased ...

Volume 17 No. 66. Germany's reply to the American note (Germany's mailed fist)

Volume 17 No. 67. Money talks (British war loan 580,000,000 pounds ) - The Kaiser: "I must finish the war by October, if I don't - (Banker's German ultimatum) July 17th

Volume 17 No. 68. The Kaiser (to the Welsh mine owner & miner): "Take 'em mine friends, one each, you have earned them"

Volume 17 No. 68a. President Wilsons latest note - Pres. Wilson: "Just let 'em knock `this' chip off my shoulder again & I'll show them"

Volume 17 No. 69. "Is there no place for `him' on Australia Day?". Representations are being made to the military authorities to permit convalescent wounded to have a prominent place in the procession on Australia Day (July 30)

Volume 18 No. 70. "It's great to know they're thinking of us" - Australia Day

Volume 18 No. 71. The anniversary - Wilhelm and Franz Joseph

Volume 18 No. 72. The entanglement of the recruit

Volume 18 No. 73. The recruit and the system

Volume 18 No. 74. The bill - sticker - Vote for the referendum

Volume 19 No. 75. In anxious time - Uncle Sam: "Do I fight this time?"

Volume 19 No. 76. Different from unarmed Merchant men - The Kaiser and Von Tirpitz

Volume 19 No. 77. The time to temporise - (the Kaiser to his Admiral): "Go & hide yourself Tirpitz, he looks to be in earnest now"

Volume 19 No. 77a. At any cost - to Turkey, 1 Sept 1915

Volume 19 No. 77b. The unanswered call, 7 Sept 1915

Volume 20 No. 77c. The bear sits down at last, 14 Sept 1915

Volume 20 No. 77d. The passing of Von Tirpitz, 10 Sept 1915

Volume 20 No. 77e. Kitchener & conscription, 18 Sept 1915

Volume 20 No. 77f. The man who stayed at office - The Government official (as our troops marched away) "Prave Poys", 4 Sept 1915

Volume 20 No. 77g. Fond memories - Sir George Reid has been under shrapnel fire in France. Mr Fisher, Prime Minister, has received a cable from Sir George Reid offering his services as High Commissioner without salary ... 20 Sept 1915

Volume 21 No. 78. Bulgaria enters the fray

Volume 21 No. 79. Hats off to Gilgandra

Volume 21 No. 80. A door that must swing wide open - Australia Day Fund, Oct 1915

Volume 21 No. 81. Another dishonoured treaty - Servia & Greece

Volume 21 No. 82. The King's appeal, 25 Oct 1915

Volume 22 No. 83. Will they never come? - Serbia

Volume 22 No. 84. President Wilson to Britannia: "I know he is a wholesale murderer & that he killed American citizens but hang it all I must do business with him"

Volume 22 No. 85. Germany's reply to Wilson's protests. The Ancone, an emigrant ship outward bound from Naples to New York was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on Sunday. There were several Americans aboard

Volume 22 No. 86. A dangerous flame in Greece (which the Allies must extinguish) - Gunpowder made in Germany

Volume 22 No. 87. Hesitant Constantine

Volume 23 No. 87a. The ruler of Greece - King Constantine

Volume 23 No. 88. The cost of Germany's friendship - Kaiser and Japan

Volume 23 No. 90. When Australia knocks, 16 Dec 1915

Volume 23 No. 91. The discordant note. President Wilson was married on Saturday. The Australian note in reply to America's protest over the sinking of the Ancona is regarded as `wholly unsatisfactory, disappointing & unacceptable", 1915

Volume 23 No. 93. Children have long memories - Christmas in Germany

Records of the European War Collecting Project, established by the Trustees of the Mitchell Library in 1918

Volume 09
39. His New Year resolution (which all the world will help him to keep) - `Resolved, that when peace is restored I'll never make war again' Wilhelm. 
40. Broken Austria - The number of Austria's killed & wounded is estimated at 250,000 whilst 100,000 are reported to have made prisoners (news item). Fmp. Francis Joseph: "Alas! I am spared nothing"
41. Our most valued ally - time
42. Revenge - At some points the trenches were so close together that it was possible to throw a biscuit from the British into the Germans. Tommy (who has been hit on the ear with an empty beef tin, to the German marksman): "Orright you cowardly German, wait till I get you after the war, I'll punch your nose off", 1915
43. The horrors of a war of attrition, Lord Kitchener when asked when the war would end, replied by saying it would begin next May (news item). Der Kaiser: "Before May next we'll be bankrupt, starving perhaps. Such tactics are inhuman I'll appeal to the Hague"

Volume 10
44. Canada makes good - John Bull: "Bravo! it seems to come quite natural to him". The Canadians near Ypres, distinguished themselves in a bayonet charge, to the accompaniment of the cry `For Canada & England' (news item)
45. His last request - Turkey (the Kaiser's forlorn hope): "There are three things I request". The Kaiser: "Speak my brave brother, they are already granted". Turkey: "First that you don't want me to `take any place at all costs'; second that the Crown Prince doesn't lead me; third that you don't either"
46. Under the North Sea - Neptune: "Ah! ah! the Kaiser has been putting his foot in it again". The German cruiser Blucher was sunk & two others seriously damaged during an attempted raid on the English coast (news item)
47. Unlucky for the bird (German trade) - The sport (to Germania): "I am very sorry. It was quite unforeseen. I was firing at an eagle & your poor bird got in the line of fire"
48. Much cry & no wool - Dame America: "Baa! baa! black sheep have you any wool?". Wool Buyers Assn. : "Yes ma'am ... The wool Buyers Association refuse to purchase if those whom they suspect of being agents for German firms are allowed to buy (news item)

Volume 11
49. Hail! to the chief - Chorus of pirates (including he of Penzance): "Hail! Wilhelm, bully boy, brother"
50. Everybody's doing it [drill books]
51. What Belgia did for us [Treaty of London]
52. An overdue note - another American ship has been sunk by the Germans (cable). Pres. Wilson (as Adm. von Tirpitz carries home the trophies): "I have a suspicion that this guy's going to make me feel real peeved. I really must send him another note" [S.S. Carib & S.S. Evelyn, U.S.A.]
53. Home for the dethroned. The Sultan of Turkey has made every preparation for instant flight (news item) ...

Volume 12
53a. The smouldering volcano - Italy
53b. Italy's old man of the sea - Italy: "This seems a good opportunity to get rid of this burden" April 20th 1915
53c. Peace: "You must wash the blood off first"
53d. The wolf appears. The American Vic-Consul in Berlin, in his report of Jan 28th declares that Germany is on the verge of famine - about this time, cables referring to the shortage of foodstuffs appeared
53e. The last of the litter - the sinking of the Dresden ...

Volume 13
53f. The advent of spring in Europe, March 20th 1915
53g. The melting snows [militarism] March 27th 1915
54. The gradual impetuosity of Italy
54a. For the safety of Europe - Our French Allies consider it essential to the welfare of Europe that the Kaiser should be exiled at the conclusion of the war
54b. Proved - John Bull (regarding Australia, Canada & New Zealand during a lull in the fighting): "My brave sons"

Volume 14
54c. What will he do? - Uncle Sam: "Has the day arrived Mr President where pirates no matter how powerful, may with impunity kill American citizens & go unpunished by me?", May 11th 1915
54d. What's in a name? - His Germanic Majesty: "As long as you continue to fight under civilized rules and permit me to make my own you may call me what you please"
54e. Proud spirits & proud flesh - Shades of Grant, Lincoln & Washington: "Too proud to fight - what would America be today, had we been too proud too fight" [Wilson, President, U.S.A.] May 15th 1915
54f. A hard row for Woodrow to hoe (European complications)
54g. America's foreign citizen problem - Italians & Germans form a large proportion of the American population (news item) . America: "I wonder what's going to happen to me when Italy declares war on Germany?"

Volume 15
54h. Spoiling trade - Dame Wilson (of America): "Drat those men, they're upsetting my trade" (Prussian spirit - Germany)
55. "Chi va la?" - John Bull: "Halt! who goes there?". Italy: "A friend" ... May 22 1915
56. Gas - Der Kaiser: "Barbarian! why don't you fight like a gentleman?" (cable)
58. Making his presence felt - The Turk: " - and Der Kaiser told me he was only a chicken!"
59. Will he? (American news latest another American ship sunk ... German submarine)

Volume 16
60. The war's duration - (The Constantinople News, Germany declares war will last another year). The Turk: "Friend Wilhelm is too slow, now `my' war will be over long before then". 
61. A voice from the Dardanelles - Australia at the front (to those who stay at home): "Come on re-inforcements, we need you to make a cert. of this job"
62. One hundred years ago & now - Shades of Wellington & Napoleon (on the anniversary of Waterloo): "As enemies, France & England never knew such savage methods as these barbarians are now using against us" (Gas)
63. [Not received]
64. The diplomacy of the Greek - Greece: "I'm in da verra fine posish. W'en da Turka get keeled I jomp on hees shest" (neutrality)
65. Every bear has his day. There are indications that the Russian retreat has ceased ...

Volume 17
66. Germany's reply to the American note (Germany's mailed fist)
67. Money talks (British war loan 580,000,000 pounds ) - The Kaiser: "I must finish the war by October, if I don't - (Banker's German ultimatum) July 17th
68. The Kaiser (to the Welsh mine owner & miner): "Take 'em mine friends, one each, you have earned them"
68a. President Wilsons latest note - Pres. Wilson: "Just let 'em knock `this' chip off my shoulder again & I'll show them"
69. "Is there no place for `him' on Australia Day?". Representations are being made to the military authorities to permit convalescent wounded to have a prominent place in the procession on Australia Day (July 30)

Volume 18
70. "It's great to know they're thinking of us" - Australia Day
71. The anniversary - Wilhelm and Franz Joseph
72. The entanglement of the recruit
73. The recruit and the system 
74. The bill - sticker - Vote for the referendum

Volume 19
75. In anxious time - Uncle Sam: "Do I fight this time?"
76. Different from unarmed Merchant men - The Kaiser and Von Tirpitz
77. The time to temporise - (the Kaiser to his Admiral): "Go & hide yourself Tirpitz, he looks to be in earnest now"
77a. At any cost - to Turkey, 1 Sept 1915
77b. The unanswered call, 7 Sept 1915

Volume 20
77c. The bear sits down at last, 14 Sept 1915
77d. The passing of Von Tirpitz, 10 Sept 1915
77e. Kitchener & conscription, 18 Sept 1915
77f. The man who stayed at office - The Government official (as our troops marched away) "Prave Poys", 4 Sept 1915
77g. Fond memories - Sir George Reid has been under shrapnel fire in France. Mr Fisher, Prime Minister, has received a cable from Sir George Reid offering his services as High Commissioner without salary ... 20 Sept 1915

Volume 21
78. Bulgaria enters the fray
79. Hats off to Gilgandra
80. A door that must swing wide open - Australia Day Fund, Oct 1915
81. Another dishonoured treaty - Servia & Greece
82. The King's appeal, 25 Oct 1915

Volume 22
83. Will they never come? - Serbia
84. President Wilson to Britannia: "I know he is a wholesale murderer & that he killed American citizens but hang it all I must do business with him"
85. Germany's reply to Wilson's protests. The Ancone, an emigrant ship outward bound from Naples to New York was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on Sunday. There were several Americans aboard
86. A dangerous flame in Greece (which the Allies must extinguish) - Gunpowder made in Germany
87. Hesitant Constantine

Volume 23
87a. The ruler of Greece - King Constantine
88. The cost of Germany's friendship - Kaiser and Japan
90. When Australia knocks, 16 Dec 1915
91. The discordant note. President Wilson was married on Saturday. The Australian note in reply to America's protest over the sinking of the Ancona is regarded as `wholly unsatisfactory, disappointing & unacceptable", 1915
93. Children have long memories - Christmas in Germany

Volume 09-23: The Daily Telegraph war cartoons, 1915 / original drawings by Hal Eyre

Volume 13 No. 54a. For the safety of Europe - Our French Allies consider it essential to the welfare...

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