Answer:
The
caricature depicts Bismarck, chancellor of Germany as holding a whip
(signifying that he is a ruthless man ruling with an iron hand) while leading the
parliament.
The deputies who were elected are afraid of him and so are hiding under
their tables. The caricature depicts the dominance of Bismarck over the
deputies and how he despised liberalism and parliamentary assemblies.
The artist is trying to convey that the democratic system
in a funny way in which democracy exists only for the sake of name. In reality
it is one man's i.e., Bismarck's autocracy that exists in Parliament.
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