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A Devotee of The Doctrine
A Devotee of " The Doctrine." - A satirical cartoon from Punch Magazine. A Mexican man wearing a small sombrero and two bandoliers across his chest and waist, holds a smoking gun as he places a wreath labelled Grateful Homage from General Villa at the foot of a statue bearing the inscription To the memory of President James Monroe, Doctrinaire. 1758-1831. No European Intervention. This is a comment on General Huerta receiving arms from Germany during the Mexican Revolution. Date: 1914
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This satirical cartoon from Punch Magazine, published in 1914, cleverly criticizes General Victoriano Huerta's acceptance of arms from Germany during the Mexican Revolution through the image of a devotee paying homage to the "Doctrine" of President James Monroe. The Mexican man, dressed in traditional attire with a small sombrero and bandoliers, holds a smoking gun in one hand and places a wreath labeled "Grateful Homage from General Villa" at the foot of a statue bearing the inscription "To the memory of President James Monroe, Doctrinaire. 1758-1831. No European Intervention." The cartoonist uses irony to highlight the hypocrisy of Huerta's actions, as he pays tribute to Monroe's policy of non-intervention while simultaneously accepting foreign intervention himself. The image serves as a powerful commentary on the complexities and contradictions of international politics during a time of revolution and upheaval.
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