Judge — February 25, 1888 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a WWI-era satirical cartoon from *Judge* magazine criticizing German military conscription. The right panel depicts women and children laboring in fields while soldiers march away in the background, illustrating the caption's grim point: "Another Conscription of a million men. None but women and children left to till the fields." The left panel shows allegorical figures, likely representing Peace or Mercy observing this scene with concern. The satire critiques Germany's massive military mobilization, suggesting it has depleted the civilian population so thoroughly that only non-combatants remain to sustain agriculture and society. The cartoon implicitly questions the sustainability and human cost of such conscription policies, presenting it as socially destructive rather than strategically sound.