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The following is a view of the fron page of EL CARDO ("The Thistle"), a  Spanish weekly magazine, published on February 4, 1898, only a few days before the publication of the famous letter of the Spanish Ambassador Dupuy de Lome by the New York Journal. This cartoon is entitled "PRUEBAS DE CARIÑO" ("Signs of Affection"). On the left is Spanish Prime Minister Sagasta. On the right is U.S. President McKinley

Under the cartoon, the caption reads (to be sung to the tune of a Spanish operetta named
"LA DIVA" - "The Primma Donna") :

The original is part of the collection of the Spanish National Library (Madrid).