The political cartoon, "Interrupting the Ceremony," appeared in the Chicago Tribune and is a critique on Woodrow Wilson's desire to have the United States enter the League of Nations. The League of Nations is depicted as the justice of the peace or preacher. He is attempting to wed Uncle Sam and a bride named "foreign entanglement." He is finishing the ceremony with the mandated "speak now or forever hold your peace."
The groom is good...
The political cartoon, "Interrupting the Ceremony," appeared in the Chicago Tribune and is a critique on Woodrow Wilson's desire to have the United States enter the League of Nations. The League of Nations is depicted as the justice of the peace or preacher. He is attempting to wed Uncle Sam and a bride named "foreign entanglement." He is finishing the ceremony with the mandated "speak now or forever hold your peace."
The groom is good ole' Uncle Sam. He always represents the United States in political cartoons. His reluctance to marry foreign entanglements is depicted by a bead of sweat rolling down his forehead and the look of misery portrayed in his frown. The bride is foreign entanglements. "Foreign entanglements" is the idea that by entering the League of Nations, the United States would be constantly embroiled in the affairs and conflicts of other states. She seems to be perfectly content with this union.
The most important actor in this cartoon is the old grandfather bursting through the church window. He is symbolised as the U.S. Senate, who by Constitutional right, would have to bless this union. As indicated by his jumping through glass with the U.S. Constitution in hand, the Senate obviously has serious objections. History tells us that the Senate arrived in a nick of time to stop this marriage.
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