Life, 1914-11-19 · page 7 of 44
Life — November 19, 1914 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes World War I Allied strategy. The top section shows letters L-I-F-E spelling out military positions or outcomes, likely referring to the Krupp armaments factory at Essen, Germany—a crucial war target. The text quotes Lord Charles predicting Germany's defeat: she must surrender the Kiel Canal, colonies, and fortifications. It references prophecies about a final "Antichrist" battle at Essen, seemingly mocking grandiose war predictions. The bottom cartoon depicts a domestic scene where a man tells a woman he borrowed her servant for the afternoon—a humorous non-sequitur seemingly unrelated to the war discussion above, possibly satirizing how ordinary life continues amid grand military strategizing. The connection between sections remains unclear from the visible content.
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When the Allies Get to Essen “She must lose the whole of her fleet,” Lord Charles concluded, “give up the Kiel Canal and her colonies, her forts’ must be demolished and the Krupp works razed to the ground.” O Lord Charles Beresford, as reported by cable. Lord Charles is dividing Germany before he has got her, but as to the Krupp works, all the world is with him. When the war reaches E: ankind will crane its neck to see what happens, and if the Krupp cannon The One on the Sofa: WELL, 1 LIKE HIS Nerve! factory gets a full dose of the destruction it has fed to Europe, there will not be a sigh of regret except from Germans. One of the prophecies (of which there are so many) says that the last great battle of the war—biggest, worst and most tremendous—will be fought “ where ‘ Antichrist’ forges his guns"; ‘and since “ Antichrist” in this prophecy seems to be the Kaiser, that means Essen, $0 THAT'S WHY HE BORROWED THAT TEN- SPOT YKOM ME TLS AFTERNOON comicbooks.com