Life, 1918-03-14 · page 13 of 40
Life — March 14, 1918 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon:** Depicts an angel offering a badge labeled "Mercy" to a kneeling figure. The caption states the American Red Cross donated $100,000 to a laboratory for animal experimentation. The satire criticizes this as contradictory—the Red Cross, an organization symbolizing mercy and humanitarian aid, is funding animal cruelty. The angel's gesture is ironic: rather than conferring mercy, the Red Cross is "stripping the badge of mercy from advocates of useless cruelty." **"Hate" Section:** An anti-German editorial condemning Germany's ruthlessness in World War I, invoking scripture and calling for descendants to "cease to loathe and despise" such evil—though the present moment demands it. **Bottom Image:** "One Less U-Boat" shows a sunken submarine, illustrating German military aggression at sea. The page reflects WWI-era American propaganda and moral outrage.
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STRIP THE BADGE OF MERCY FROM ADVOCATES OF USELE CRUELTY At the instigation of certain vivisectors the American Red Cross has given $100,000 of its money toward a laboratory where certain “ scientists" may experiment on living animals. Hate “ Perhaps the answer (as to whether there is any WZ as righteous hatred, and whether a righteous fight desperately—and hatelessly) is some- thing like this: Men who do things discharge their anger in action. Frightened men or weak men cannot Tt is they who e. In a word, hate is the weapon of helplessnes: ‘om an editorial on Hate” in Collier's Weekly. treachery and ruthlessness, we believe, should he hated by every person with a spark of decency in him, The Ninety-seventh Psalm declares: “ Ye that love the Lord, hate evil.” To ask us not to hate the rottenness for which Germany stands is on a par with ask- ing us to remain mentally neutral while we watch a drunk- en, degenerate bully attack and manhandle a defenceless woman. We hope with all our heart that the time will never come when we and our descendants shall cease to loathe and despise such evil as Germany has inflicted on the world. ONE LESS U-BOAT