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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Cartoon, December 10, 1921 This cartoon satirizes post-World War I disarmament negotiations. A well-dressed diplomat (likely representing a government official) speaks to seated women, saying he's "scrapped all my canels" regarding "bally disarmament stuff." The joke plays on the word "canels" (likely "canals" misspelled by OCR, or possibly referencing naval vessels). The cartoon mocks politicians' public claims of supporting arms reduction while the women appear skeptical or unmoved by his statement. The 1921 date places this amid international disarmament conferences following WWI's devastation. The satire suggests diplomatic promises of peace were hollow rhetoric—politicians boasted about military cuts they hadn't genuinely made, appealing to a war-weary public seeking genuine peace rather than political theater.
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VotuME 81, NumBER 2093 DeceMBER 10, 1921 JUDGE Editors: Douglas H. Cooke, Eliot Keen, J. A. Waldron a copy. Published weekly and Entered as Second-Clasa Matter, October 21,1881, at the P. Ww Pr West did Street, New York City copyrighted 1921 by the Leslie-Jadge Co., William Green, Office at New York City + Douglas H. Cooke, Vic natey FAY Algernon—We should all do our bit on this bally disarmament stuff. I, personally, have scrapped all my canes! 1