Judge — December 1, 1928 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This Judge magazine cartoon titled "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" is a political satire about disarmament. The underwater scene shows a submarine carrying large naval weapons and military equipment labeled with phrases like "Disarmament," "Conference," "Kellogg Pact," and "League of Nations." The satire's point appears to be **ironic critique of disarmament efforts**: while governments publicly advocated for peace treaties and weapons reduction (referenced by the Kellogg-Briand Pact and League of Nations), they were simultaneously developing and deploying advanced military technology, particularly submarines armed with weapons. The image suggests that actual disarmament was fictional—nations were merely paying lip service to peace while secretly building more sophisticated instruments of war.