The Wasp — 1889 — page 215: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily a text-based editorial page rather than a cartoon page. The main articles discuss: 1. **French politics** - Commentary on the French Republic's stability after recent elections and internal conflicts. 2. **Chinese immigration** - A significant debate about proposed Chinese exclusion policies and retaliation threats, arguing that while Chinese workers present economic concerns, expelling them entirely would be unjust and harm American credibility. 3. **Samoa/Germany** - Discussion of German diplomatic maneuvering in Samoa, with skepticism about Bismarck's intentions toward American interests. 4. **Brief news items** - Including a prize-fighter's death in Georgia and Czar Nicholas II receiving a liver preparation from an American exhibitor. The page reflects late-19th-century American anxieties about immigration, foreign diplomacy, and economic competition.