Since cholera spread from the Russian Empire further west in Europe in 1908, casting Tsar Nicholas II as the “host” was a popular gambit.
(L’Assiette au beurre, Paris, 1908)

Similarly a week later:

Since cholera spread from the Russian Empire further west in Europe in 1908, casting Tsar Nicholas II as the “host” was a popular gambit.
(L’Assiette au beurre, Paris, 1908)

Similarly a week later:
