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# Political Cartoon Analysis: Life Magazine, July 5, 1900 This cartoon satirizes Christian hypocrisy during wartime, specifically addressing the Boxer Rebellion in China (1900). The caption reads: "Say to the Christian nation that another Christian nation has declared war against us, and when it sends over the next batch of missionaries, we send also ten thousand rapid-fire guns and two hundred rounds of lyddite shells, we being a heathen nation, do not make them." The image shows an Asian figure (representing China/a "heathen nation") speaking mockingly to a Western woman (representing Christian nations). The satire exposes the contradiction between Christian missionary work and Western military intervention in China. While Christian nations preach morality, they simultaneously wage wars and profit from weapons sales—making them hypocritical by their own religious standards.
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VOLUME XXXVI. NEW YORK, JULY 5, 1900. NUMBER 921, Entered at the New York Post Office as Second-Class Mail Matter. Copyright, 1990, by Lire PrBLisiiIxo Company. The Viceroy: #s¥ TO THE CHRISTIAN NATION THAT ANOTHER CHRISTIAN NATION HAS DECLARED WAR AGAINST US, AND WHEN IT SENDS OVER THY NEXT BATCH OP MISSIONARIES, TO SEND ALSO TEN THOUSAND RAPID-FIRE GUNS AND TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ROUNDS OP LYDDITE SHELLS, WE, BEING A HEATHEN NATION, DO NOT MAKE THEM. ECOMIEGDOOKS-com