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# "Judge" Magazine - May 9, 1929 **Main Cartoon:** "Another contingent leaves for the Mexican front" depicts a crowded military procession of elaborately uniformed officers marching toward Mexico, drawn by E.D. Russell. **Context:** This satirizes Mexico's chronic political instability. The accompanying editorial "Judging the News" compares Mexico's leadership struggles to a "heavyweight situation" requiring elimination contests to select leaders. The cartoon mocks the apparent endless parade of military interventions and regime changes in Mexican politics during this period. **Point:** The humor lies in depicting Mexican political leadership as an absurdly ornate yet perpetually unstable military carousel—suggesting Mexico cycles through leaders and conflicts so frequently that sending "another contingent" has become routine and almost comedic.
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