An official reception in China: varieties and diplomacy. Bulgaria’s preparations for war against Turkey. Warring against the heavens: seeking to scare a comet. The Dalai Lama holding the ashes of his first embodiment. A cricket match: tickling crickets with rats' whiskers to encourage them to fight. The strangest uniforms in one of the strangest of scenes. The five-colours replaces the dragon: New China in London. Crying the war: drumming-up troops in a Turkish village. King Ferdinand’s sword-arm: the Bulgarian commander-in-chief. The Turkish navy and army’s concerted action on the Tchataldja lines. Seeker of the price of neutrality in the Near East. “The Illustrated London News” as surgical appliance in war.
