Judge — December 9, 1905 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "America's Compliments to Edward VII" This December 9, 1905 *Judge* cartoon satirizes American deference to British royalty. The central figure appears to be Prince Louis (identified in the caption), addressing Edward VII with the reassuring words "Believe me, your 'ighness; America's all right." The cartoon depicts various American figures—military officers, businessmen, and politicians—presenting gifts and tokens of respect to the British monarch, depicted on the right. The satire mocks America's eagerness to curry favor with British royalty despite the nation's founding as a republic explicitly rejecting such hierarchies. The cartoon criticizes what the artist views as American hypocrisy: publicly valuing democratic independence while privately fawning over foreign nobility and their representatives.