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This page discusses **Huerta and Hohenzollern**, satirizing their perceived threat to American peace. The text suggests that Mexican leader Huerta, after a brief foreign trip, has settled suspiciously near Forest Hills, Long Island—implying secret German (Hohenzollern) influence or collaboration. The cartoons mock this scenario: "The Daredevil" shows a dog entering a confined space (suggesting danger or entrapment), while "Walking the Flask" depicts figures carrying prohibited alcohol during Prohibition, satirizing hypocrisy among the elite. The author (E.O.J.) argues Americans should welcome Hohenzollern to America rather than fear him, suggesting through irony that open scrutiny is preferable to covert activity. The satire targets both foreign intrigue fears and American social anxieties of the era.
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Huerta and Hohenzollern AVING decided that Mr. Huerta was exceedingly inimical to the peace and prosperity of the Me: ican people, this coun- try very naturally refused to recog- nize him. This in spite of his many excellent personal qualities, if he has any. Our refusal worked like a charm. He left’ Mexico, and afer a brief trip road he comes to this country with large retinue of relatives and he settles right down among us in Forest Hills, Long Island, as if nothing had ever happened, This doesn't displease us, for we do not expect him to give any trouble, All the tradesmen are glad to do business with him, and it is rumored that delivery men march bravely up to his door unarmed Does this experience suggest a feasi- Mle and rational way of helping out the German people also? True, we have been recognizing Mr. Hohenzol- lern for a long time, but that doesn’t prevent us from suddenly ceasing to recognize him, If the German people once got rid of this super-egoized ruler, they could get lots of fun out of cleaning up at home instead of trying to shoot up the continent of Europe. WALKING THE PLANK THE DAKEDEVIL So far as Mr. Hohenzollern is con cerned, we should be glad to have him come over and settle next to Mr. Huerta at Forest Hills, or anywhere else that suits his fancy, such as Ho- boken or Milwaukee or Cincinnati. Indeed, many of us would be glad to subscribe to a fund that would provide him with a handsome residence with a solarium on the side, where he could sit in the sun all day without the necessity of fighting. As Mr. William Hohenzollern, one of our most famous immigrants, we should all be glad to tip our hats to him, but as Kaiser Wilhelm, sanguinary war-lord, we should treat him as a perfect stranger. A ruler is without peril save. in his own country. E.0. J. comicbooks.com