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Part 31

On the Field of Honor

_--Nebelspalter, Zurich._

MARIANNE (France): "Wilson, my friend and protector, defend me!"]

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A French Counterattack

_--Il 420, Florence._

WAR BULLETIN: "The French violently attacked the weakest point on the German front."]

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The Fate of Holland's Ships

_--Lustige Blätter, Berlin._

PROUD ALBION: "Here, give me that boat; I need it in my fight for the 'freedom of the seas'!"]

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In Paris on Good Friday

_--Esquella, Barcelona._

JOAN OF ARC: "Father, forgive them; they know not what they do."]

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Germany's Lost Colonies

_--From The Passing Show, London._

PACIFIST: "Here! All that bag of yours must be handed over to a league of nations for disposal."

JOHN BULL: "Oh, must it? And did your friend behind the hedge send you to say that?"]

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Hitting Him Where He Lives

_--From The New York World._]

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The Battle of Picardy

--Il 420, Florence.

A second Verdun, with the same results for Germany.]

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On the Western Front

_--From The San Francisco Call-Post._

"Ach! How he iss gaining!"]

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A Test of Endurance

_--From The Passing Show, London._

How much longer?]

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The New Waxworks Group for the German Museum

_--From De Amsterdammer, Amsterdam._]

[Transcriber's Note:

Italicized text denoted by underscores (_).

Apparent printer's errors corrected.

Spelling changes:

Page 383, "y" was changed to read "by." (a private letter written by Emperor Charles to a relative...)

Page 383, "Guilford" was changed to read "Guildford." (At the time the Guildford Castle was...)

Page 385, "langauge" was changed to read "language." ( including parts of two fine bridges across the great river, a language largely Latin in substance,)

Page 402, "altogther" was changed to read "altogether." (they spent the night clearing out the enemy from the village, where he made a desperate resistance, and brought back altogether something like 700 or 800 prisoners.)

Page 406, "fiften" was changed to read "fifteen." (made a general counterattack and succeeded in advancing their line to a depth of about fifteen hundred yards beyond the line of the three hills,...)

Page 427, "Austalians" was changed to read "Australians." (Germans gain a foothold at several points midway between La Clytte and Voormezeele, but are repulsed at other points along the line; Australians advance 500 yards near Sailly and 300 yards west of Morlancourt.)

Page 440, "skudskär" was changed to read "skudshär." (the head of the Russian Bureau of Counterespionage in Finland spoke of the skudshär as...)

Page 455, "miniumum" was changed to read "minimum." (The executive organs of the Soviets of Workmen's Control have the right to fix the minimum output of a given firm,..)

Page 468, "cinsiderably" was changed to read "considerably," (After America's entry into the war material help for the Entente has not only not increased, but has even decreased considerably.)

Page 468, "rogram" was changed to read "program." (Wilson's gigantic armament program has brought about such...)

Page 470, "dur-" was changed to read "during." (In regard to the sinkings in April, French official figures showed that the total losses of allied and neutral ships, including those from accidents at sea during the month, aggregated 381,631 tons.)]