From Le Rire Rouge.
XXXVIII.
XXXIX.
AT THE GATES OF THE VATICAN.
"Open! Open! It is unhappy Belgium!"
The Pope's neutrality was not popular in France, even before he refused to pronounce an opinion on the violation of Belgium, as "that had happened in his predecessor's time." Many people consider that by this attitude the Vatican lost a priceless opportunity of re-capturing France. It is significant that this moving cartoon, from Le Rire Rouge, is signed: "A. Willette, Catholique."
XXXIX.