Life, 1918-03-28 · page 10 of 40
Life — March 28, 1918 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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**Main Article: "The Bully of the Nations"** This piece by Kenneth L. Roberts characterizes Germany as a aggressive, unprincipled bully incapable of moral reflection or spiritual growth. It argues Germany will inevitably lose because it lacks the moral resources to overcome an opponent of equal physical strength. This appears to be WWI propaganda, written when Germany was portrayed as the primary aggressor. **Cartoons:** - Top illustration shows soldiers in a dugout during wartime - Bottom cartoon titled "Youth comes but once" depicts a romantic mishap—apparently a young man's awkward encounter with a woman, likely satirizing social embarrassment during wartime The page reflects early-20th-century American perspectives on the war and gender relations.
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KEEPING OPEN HOUSE k president, and her The Bully of the Nations BEEACK: The widow married a daughter caught a young mil Waite: 1 see—a case of mother and child doing well irc! . ss . . aire! ERMANY leaped into the war secure in the knowledge ed- that her man-power, armament and general prep: ness were superior to that of all the rest of Europe com- bined. Had she lacked that knowledge she would have stayed out of the war with great ‘letermination and zeal. Events have justified her policy; for wherevet she has been met, man for man and gun for gun, she has met nothing but defeat in nearly four years of fighting. Ger- many is a professional, congenital, traditional, typical bully She never has been, is not, and never will be, capable of tackling anybody her own size without getting the worst of the argument. She hasn't the moral fibre, the breeding or the spiritual resources to be capable of overcoming an opponent whose physical strength is equal to her own. Keuncth L. Koberts. Fist DOG: How is brother collie over there? Is he in your set? Secoxy: Oh, yes; we visit the same garbage pails. “Youth comes but once”