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Judge — December 22, 1917 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page collects WWI-era political cartoons from European publications, commenting on the war's effects: **"The German Bat"** (Dutch): A creature with peace-dove wings but a warlike head—satirizing German hypocrisy about peaceful intentions while prosecuting war. **"Finance in Poland"** (Polish): A banker cannot provide gold because it's all being shipped to the Bolsheviki in Russia. This satirizes how Poland's resources were being drained during wartime chaos and the Russian Revolution's upheaval. **"The Dove Hunter"** (Spanish): A soldier tries shooting down a dove (peace symbol) but it keeps flying higher—mocking the futility of pursuing peace while militarism continues. **The Lloyd George quote** beneath emphasizes that Prussian militarism, centered in Potsdam, is the true obstacle to lasting peace. These cartoons reflect Allied-leaning European satire blaming German and militaristic forces for prolonging the war.
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WAR CARTOONS FROM ABROAD The German Bat Ik ben de vrede, kijk naar mijn vleugels, Ik been de oorlog, kijk naar mijn kop!" “Tam Peace—see my wings! “I am War—see my head!”—De Nieuwe Amsterdammer (Amsterdam). Finance in Poland Je kasjerze, zabraklo mi marek, wszystkie wyslalem.” zy i teraz pan ciagle wysylasz do rosji?” Wiecznie to samo, Z ta roznica, ze teraz pod innemi adresami.” “Mr. Cashier, I am short of mark “Sorry, but I can’t oblige you to-day.” “Why not ?” “ All the gold I have here has been ordered shipped to the Bolsheviki in Russia.”—Mucha (Moscow, late of Warsaw). “The real enemy is the war spirit fostered in Prussia. . . That ideal, that war spirit, has its shrine in Potsdam. There ; The Dove Hunter will be no peace in the world, there will be no liberty until =sCaaa:ver-vucls:masialtot that ne is shattered and its priesthood dispersed for “The blamed thing keeps flying higher!” —Jberia (Bar- ever: Lioyp Grorcr.—News of the World (London). celona), comicbooks.com