Judge — June 23, 1928 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This Judge magazine cartoon depicts U.S. military intervention in Nicaragua. A uniformed American soldier stands atop a pile of dead Nicaraguan bodies, asking "Has anybody here seen Kellogg?" The reference is likely to Frank B. Kellogg, U.S. Secretary of State (1925-1929), who oversaw American military involvement in Nicaragua during that period. The cartoon satirizes American imperialism and military intervention in Central America, critiquing U.S. foreign policy as violent and occupational. The grotesque imagery—bodies stacked beneath the soldier—emphasizes the human cost of American intervention that the government official ("Kellogg") appears indifferent to or absent from acknowledging. The satire suggests hypocrisy: while American leaders make policy decisions, ordinary soldiers and foreign civilians pay the price.