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JM-148: Japan objects to the weapon which he himself has never hesitated to use
Description: This cartoon personifies United States relations with Japan in 1913. Japan is criticizing California for employing Japanese exclusion laws. These laws are most likely a reference to the California Alien Land Law of 1913. This law prohibited "aliens ineligible for citizenship" from owning agricultural land or possessing long-term leases, but permitted short-term leases lasting up to three years. This act was problematic for diplomatic relations with Japan, as it directly discriminated against Japanese citizens. This law also limited the number of Japanese immigrants to come to the US. While this law actually had little tangible backlash on Japanese citizens, it caused a large amount of tension between Japan and the US. Japan is also illustrated wielding the weapon of exclusion laws. In response to California's discrimination laws, Japan threatened to begin creating policies, which would discriminate against Americans. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)
Member of: McCutcheon Editorial Cartoons - ALL (Collection)
Resource Type: Still Image
JM-169: He kept us out of war!
Description: This cartoon shows a democratic speaker addressing a crowd. The speaker is saying, "He kept us out of war", which was President Wilson's campaign slogan for the election of 1916 against Charles Hughes. There are various countries making comments behind the speaker. This first man on the left represents Japan. Japan is saying President Wilson would have gone to war with Japan, if he had allowed an act discriminating against Japanese immigrants in larger immigration legislation.The country next to Japan is England. England is saying that President Wilson would have entered World War I, if he had protected American shipping. This is a reference to the attack of an American ship, the Lusitania, by a German submarine. Japan and England were both Allied powers during World War I, and they are separated from the Axis powers, Germany and Mexico, by a wall. Germany is saying that President Wilson would not have needed to keep the United States out of war, if Germany had not been an aggressor against other nations. Next to Germany, Mexico is saying President Wilson would have declared war, if he had remained adamant on the salute if the flag. This refers to when President Wilson did not want to salute (and thus recognize) the Mexican government under the control of Victoriano Huerta. Despite his apprehension, President Wilson eventually returned the salute from a sense of precedent and duty. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)
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JM-295: Sunken ships are historic trouble-breeders
Description: Editorial cartoon depicting a group, including FDR, examine sinking of U.S. gunboat Panay.
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JM-321: The ideal ally
Description: Editorial cartoon set after WWI. While the spoils are broken up, Uncle Sam wishes for one island, but the spokesperson stepped out. Now Japan holds most strategic islands.
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JM-043: Wilson expanding the Monroe Doctrine while Uncle Sam worries about America
Description: Editorial cartoon depicting President Wilson standing on a globe and acting as a policeman of the world. Uncle Sam grabs his arm and says, "America first!" All over the globe, signs depict new orders and laws based on Wilson's expansion of the Monroe Doctrine. Wilson is credited with expanding the Doctrine to allow for "Missionary Diplomacy" in locations such as Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.
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JM-080: School is about to open in the far East
Description: Editorial cartoon depicting a figure representing Japan standing in front of a blackboard with a lesson about modern military methods written on it. Figures representing Korea and China sit in the student desks with books open in front of them.
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Resource Type: Still Image
JM-273: China's place in the sun
Description: China caught in spiderweb of Japan.
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JM-315: Storm clouds on the Axis front
Description: Mussolini, Hitler, Hirohito see powerful U.S. fists.
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JM-026: At 70% naval efficiency in the United States
Description: Editorial cartoon depicting a man representing Congress in front of a blackboard showing the naval efficiency of Britain, Japan, and the United States. Britain and Japan both have 100% efficiency, but the man crosses out the 100% mark by the United States and replaces it with 70%, remarking on how this will please voters and reduce costs. Uncle Sam and Hughes watch from the window and express shock.
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JM-111: One sun that hasn't been eclipsed
Description: Editorial cartoon depicting a Japanese soldier waving a Japanese flag.
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JM-W024: In the Allied camp
Description: Editorial cartoon depicting Churchill and FDR looking at a map of Europe in the top panel. In the bottom panel, Hitler, Togo, and Mussolini worry about the plane production in the U.S. as the "unpredictable" factor compared to their U-boats.
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JM-212: Movies for the conference
Description: Editorial cartoon depicting a Japanese figure watching a movie with Uncle Sam. Film shows both the victorious nations and the defeated ones being crushed underneath debt, suffering, and unrest; war sits in a field filled with gravestones.
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JM-075: The polite arts of diplomacy
Description: Editorial cartoon depicting Baron Uchida, an ambassador of Japan stationed in the United States, and President Taft facing each other. Uschida has a secret treaty with Mexico in his back pocket, and Taft has a photograph of the secret treaty in his back pocket.
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JM-106: Two ways by which peace may be restored without casting Russia a kopeck
Description: Editorial cartoon depicting two panels, each with a different solution to promoting peace. In the top panel, Rockefeller comes forward to Komura and Dewitte with carriages full of money. In the second panel, Carnegie purchases rights to build a library on Sakhalin Island from Komura, making himself poor, but allowing the two men to walk away from each other.
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JM-211: Will Japan want a "no limit" game?
Description: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam threatening a Japanese diplomat over fair naval ratios in a proposal and showing the diplomat how the ratio would look with unlimited naval competition.
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Resource Type: Still Image