America in the War / Each cartoon faced with a page of comment by a distinguished American, the text forming an anthology of patriotic opinion

AMERICA IN THE WAR
LOUIS RAEMAEKERS
EACH CARTOON FACED WITH A PAGE OF COMMENT BY A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN, THE TEXT FORMING AN ANTHOLOGY OF PATRIOTIC OPINION
NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1918
Copyright, 1918, by The Century Co.
Published, October, 1918
List of Cartoons
AMERICA IN THE WAR
“WE have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied when those rights have been as secure as the faith and the freedom of the nation can make them.”
From President Wilson’s Message to Congress, April 2, 1917.
WHETHER it is that an invigorating climate has given our Anglo-Saxon blood a piquant Gallic flavor or because Europe sent us for ancestors only those light-hearted and adventurous souls with a spirit akin to that we admire in the French people, true it is that Americans have always had an especial liking for France and the French. They were our first allies as they are the latest. From Lafayette and Rochambeau to Joffre and Viviani, a host of Frenchmen have won the affectionate regard of Americans and are numbered with our national heroes.
But our relation to the French has a deeper foundation than admiration for a courageous and accomplished race which for centuries has made generous contribution to the sum of the world’s knowledge and achievement. The French were early settlers on this continent; LaSalle and Champlain were the forerunners of a host of French explorers and settlers whose descendants are today taking active and honorable part in the life of community and nation.