World War I Political Cartoon

Political Cartoon

This political cartoon is showing the telegram from Germany's secretary to the German ambassdor in Mexico. This telegram, which u can see a rendition of on the right, is Germany telling Mexico that if they side with them on the war, Germany will gain back their land they lost to the U.S. Represented in the cartoon u can see on the left is Arthur Zimmermann, Germany's foreign secretary, with an exaggerated appearance, along with his spiked cavalry helmet. The figure on the right is the Mexican ambassdor also depicted with an exaggerated appearance, having a large sombrero, stereotypical of a mexican. The body language of the figures is exaggerated, trying to give more of an image of bribbery and secretsy.

In my opinion this political cartoon shows exactly how the situation was. Germany is depicted just how they acted, sly and sneaky. Mexico stuck in the middle is shown as confused and wondering, which they were finding out Germany would go to war with the U.S.