This Russian cartoon of peculiar timeliness is from the "Vetchernye Vremya/' a Petrograd paper, and shows how the Allies, acting in close concert, and presenting a united front to the Kaiser, corner him, and drive him at last over the brink of defeat. The Kaiser is represented as Mephistopheles, and the righteousness of the Allies' cause is symbolised in the crosses on the hilts of their swords. ' ' ■
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 788, 19 August 1916, Page 9
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67This Russian cartoon of peculiar timeliness is from the "Vetchernye Vremya/' a Petrograd paper, and shows how the Allies, acting in close concert, and presenting a united front to the Kaiser, corner him, and drive him at last over the brink of defeat. The Kaiser is represented as Mephistopheles, and the righteousness of the Allies' cause is symbolised in the crosses on the hilts of their swords. ' ' ■ Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 788, 19 August 1916, Page 9
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