The Spanish Press comments on U.S. Naval
Power
Through a Political Cartoon
Contributed by Jose Poncet
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This caricature was published by the French magazine LE
RIRE, (THE SMILE or THE LAUGH), on May 5, 1898, four days after
the Battle of Manila Bay/Cavite. It pertains to
the collection of a Spanish gentlemen named Manuel Gramunt de Moragas.
The cartoon depicts a "McKinley" battleship
sinking a small battleship of young Spanish king, Alfonso XIII. The
caption read "The era of chivalry has ended...nowadays only blood and
iron rule."
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