The small print under this graphic quoted these lines from McKinleys speech: Teaching them the truth of the common fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, and showing that if we are not our brothers keepers we can be our brothers helpers., William! 27-1-09 (July 6, 2009). Pucks cover for June 8, 1898, celebrated this new Anglo-Saxon solidarity and sense of mission with an illustration of two resolute soldiers standing with fixed bayonets on a parapet and overlooking the globe. L'humanit de nos soldats est admirable et ne se lasse pas malgr la frocit des Bors (Rapport officiel au War Office. Britannia (Symbolic character)--1900-1910, - In 1927, Mashonaland Railways was renamed Rhodesia Railways as efforts were underway to expand the country's rail system. 1 print : chromolithograph. Vol 172 (February 1901). In September 1901, the French artist Jean Veber used the pages of LAssiette au Beurre to call attention to one of the often-forgotten ironies of the mystique of the white mans burden. His cartoon, depicting a vast field of flat stone grave markers, carried the simple caption United Kingdom (Le Royaume-Uni). Sitemap In the background, the artist placed a large portrait of a large man, Marcus Hanna, next to a miniature of President William McKinley to show their relative influence on policy. Although usually associated with the pro-expansionist proponents of civilization and progress, Puck on occasion turned a discerning eye on the double standards of Americas so-called noble mission in the Philippines and China. Think It Over. Regarding the Philippines in particular, he continues: without any desire or design on our part, the war has brought us new duties and responsibilities which we must meet and discharge as becomes a great nation on whose growth and career from the beginning the ruler of nations has plainly written the high command and pledge of civilization. Uncle Sam is to be Sacrificed: Anglophobia in Late Nineteenth-Century Politics and Culture.American Nineteenth Century History. (ISSN 1961-9898). Name: Grady Lentz Rhodes cartoon analysis Figure 1.4: Imperialist, explorer and businessman Rhodes as a. Mans Burden, in the caption to thisLifecover published shortly after Kiplings poem. The image is ironically paired with a quote attributed to an Official Report to the War Office that says iron railing through which an electric current runs makes the healthiest and safest fences., Les Progrs de la Science (The Advances of Science). Copyright 1902 by Keppler & Schwarzmann. The caption is ominous: War on Earth. Britain leads the way in this harsh rendering, shouldering the burden of China, India, Egypt, and Soudan. The United States staggers behind carrying grotesque racist caricatures labeled Filipino, Porto Rico, Cuba, Samoa, and Hawaii.. And, After All, the Philippines are Only the Stepping-Stone to China. Emil Flohri,Judge, ca. The burgeoning mass media helped promote jingoistic foreign policies by printing disparaging depictions of barbarous-looking natives from countries benevolently assimilated by the U.S. A brash Uncle Sam was shown coming under the wing of the older, more experienced empire builder, John Bull. In The Harvest in the Philippines, Uncle Sam stands, armed to the hilt, gazing at the viewer with a field of Filipino corpses lined up in rows behind him and stretching back as far as the eye can see. Miller, Bonnie M. The Image-Makers' Arsenal in an Age of War and Empire, 1898 1899: A Cartoon Essay, Featuring the Work of Charles Bartholomew (of theMinneapolis Journal)and Albert Wilbur Steele (of theDenver Post). Journal of American Studies, 45, pp 53-75 (Cambridge University Press). Model students Hawaii and Porto Rico appear as docile girls learning their lessons. Leonhard, Robert R.The China Relief Expedition: Joint Coalition Warfare in China,Summer 1900(Laurel, MD: Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University). The Native: Ever since my home was burned to the ground and my wife and children shot.. Prints and Photographs division. She may be red-handed, and at times drunk, but she is there for business. On May 1, the U.S. Navy scored its first major victory in foreign watersfar from assured given the weakness of the American fleet at the timeby defeating Spanish warships defending their longtime Pacific colony in the Battle of Manila Bay. Cecil John Rhodes was born on 5 July 1853 in the small hamlet of Bishops Stortford, England. Jesus, In an 1899 cartoon, Ren Georges Hermann-Paul attacked the hypocrisy of spreading civilization by force by juxtaposing the words Barbarie and Civilisation beneath Chinese and French combatants who alternate as victor and victim. We had no design of aggrandizement and no ambition of conquest. Source:The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Even the Civil War is referenced, in a wall plaque: The Confederate States refused their consent to be governed; but the Union was preserved without their consent. Refuting the right of indigenous rule was based on demonstrating a populations lack of preparation for self-governance. From the Cape to Cairo / Keppler. Translated from Russian. Keppler, U. J. A more earthly approach is taken in the graphic Some One Must Back Up that heads this essay. Advance Agent of Modern Civilization: Religion & Empire. Heine used the pages of Simplicissimusto denounce the atrocious conduct of Prussian troops during the Allied intervention in China, where the German forces obviously took to heart Wilhelm IIs exhortation to show no mercy. 3, pp. How does the "Prelude to the Scramble" (Visual Source 18.1) differ from "From the Cape to Cairo" (Visual Source 18.3)?, 2. White man's burden--1900-1910, - What are the motivations/justifications for this anti-imperialism? Wrapped in Kerosene-Soaked Cotton and Roasted to Death., In this same horrified mode, the July 28 cover of Harpers Weeklya publication that carried the subtitle A Journal of Civilizationdepicted demonic Boxers brandishing primitive weapons, carrying severed heads on pikes, and trampling a child wrapped in the American flag. Maine exploded and sank in the harbor at Havana. 12, Issue 1, pp. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, ppmsca 25696 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.25696. One was the second Boer War of 18991902 that pitted British forces against Dutch-speaking settlers in South Africa and their black supporters. If you dont do it I shall have to., The First Duty. Dickinson State University. In these details, the headlight of a modern vehicle (Judge, 1900) and starlight from a goddess of civilization (Puck, 1898) illuminate demeaning caricatures of China. The black-and-white drawing by William H. Walker captured the harsh reality behind the ideal of benevolent assimilation, depicting imperialists Uncle Sam, John Bull, Kaiser Wilhelm, and, coming into view, a figure that probably represents France, as burdens carried by vanquished non-white peoples. the Library of Congress because of rights considerations, but you have access to larger size images on By the spring of 1900, Boxer attacks were spreading toward the capital city of Beijing. Cullinane, M. Patrick. The White Mans Burden was used by both pro- and anti-imperialist factions. From the Cape to Cairo Collection: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Description: Britannia, carrying a large white flag labeled "Civilization" with British soldiers and colonists behind her, advances on a horde of natives, one carrying a flag labeled "Barbarism." Caption: Though the process be costly, the road to progress must be cut. At the core of the White Mans Burden is a reluctant civilizer who takes up arms for the purpose of relieving grievous wrongs, in the words of President William McKinley. Brown, Arthur Judson. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like 1. Co., Puck Bldg., 1902 December 10. - Keppler portrays the conflict between the British and Sudanese as a struggle of the representatives of civilization against the forces of barbarism. Although the imagery used to depict the barbarians is not specifically evocative of the Middle East, it is a reflection of the predominant Western attitude toward the enterprise of colonialism and imperialism at the dawn of the twentieth century. Generic names on the gravestones are coupled with places of origin, including England, Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Gibraltar, India, Ceylon, and Egypt, indicating the diversity of those recruited to fight and die for the British Empire. Duplication Services Web site. Explain the Sepoy rebellion and the reaction to this rebellion as detailed in the cartoon. But just take a look at the class ahead of you, and remember that, in a little while, you will feel as glad to be here as they are!. 1898 poster promotes the U.S.-British rapprochement as A Union in the Interest of Humanity Civilization, Freedom and Peace for All Time. Multiple representations symbolize the two Anglo nations: national symbols (the eagle and lion); flags (the Stars and Stripes and Union Jack); female personifications (Columbia and Britannia); male personifications (Uncle Sam and John Bull); and national coats of arms (eagle and shield for America; lion, unicorn, crown, and shield for Great Britain). Girls are part of the obedient older class studying books labeled California, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. The only non-white student in the older group holds the book titled Alaska and is neatly coifed in contrast to the unruly new class made up of the Philippines, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and Cuba. All are depicted as dark-skinned and childish. "Major Grogan's Financial Analysis," EAS (6 August 1926), 1, 5, 7-8. Although protested by some commanders, no single approach prevailed among these competitive armies thrown together in a loose coalition. J. Ottman Lithographic Company, Printer, and Udo J Keppler. Phillips, Richard and Jones, Rhys. We may have burnt certain villages, destroyed considerable property and incidentally slaughtered a few thousand of their sons and brothers, husbands and fathers, etc., but what did they expect? Language. 5 vols. These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. Allied troops departed Tianjin for Beijing on August 4. [Read Online]. N.Y.: J. Ottmann Lith. Time: Aug 23, 2021 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM EST For example, the light of civilization literally illuminated vicious, helpless, or clueless barbarians. He offers each student a dealif they both sign a statement admitting to . From 1899 to 1902, the U.S. and Great Britain each became mired in colonial wars that were more vicious and long-lasting than expected. XII, No. A rescue expedition made up of troops from eight nations, under the command of the British Vice-Admiral Edward Seymour, left Tianjin for Beijing. Elliott, Jane E. SomeDid It for Civilisation, Some Did It for Their Country: A RevisedView of the Boxer War(Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 2002). Brandishing the flag of Civilization, Britannia leads white troops and settlers against native forces under the banner of Barbarism.. Thomas Theodor Heine. Britain stepped in to defend the rights of the immigrants, known as uitlanders (foreigners) to the Boers. He is Chief Correspondent of public radio's Biotech Nation, a commentator on NPR's Morning Edition, and a contributing editor and a columnist for Conde Nast Portfolio. U.S. Weekly: https://gmu.zoom.us/meeting/tJYsf-6hpzooHtCcgUHFQlJ5Hy13bvsr3WDv/ics?icsToken=98tyKuCqrzMtE92Ush2DRowQBYqgKPPxmH5Bgrd-nxjQKwZibimjHvsTYbBpA8qD. wotever 'll become of my ship-building monopoly, if that there Yankee is going to turn out boats like that right along? Louis Dalrymple,Puck, July 24, 1895. ***, Topic: History 125 Virtual Edition Driven by competition with each other and economic pressures at home, the worlds major powers ventured to ever-distant lands to spread their religion, culture, power, and sources of profits. Address of Pope Barrow to the Daughters of the American revolution. The screen in the cartoon may refer to the early films that fed public fascination with China and the Boxer crisis, including Edisons recreation of the Bombardment of Taku Forts by the Allied Fleets (1900, view in the Library of Congress) and a four-minute British production that staged the murder of a missionary by Boxers called Attack on a China Mission (1900). The distance from Capetown to Cairo, as the crow flies, is about 4200 miles. What do they expect from a drunken soldier, anyway? LC copy from Naimusho Keihokyoku censorship collection; classified as "annei" and banned. In Library of Congress notes on this image, the seated figure on the left is identified as Minervathe Roman goddess of wisdom, arts, and commerce. Ricard, Serge. Though the Process Be Costly, The Road of Progress Must Be Cut," states that progress must be pursued despite suffering on both sides. 2. An exclamation point was added to the phrase, The White (!) Tan, Chester C.The Boxer Catastrophe. A mound of scribbled papers from an overflowing wastebasket testifies to the coercion exerted upon him to induce cooperation. Seated around them (left to right) are a feminized Russia, Turkey, Italy, Austria, Spain, and France. | Print shows John Bull reclining on luggage labeled "J.B." and boxes of "War Supplies" and "Commissary Supplies" at the "Hotel Egypt" where an Egyptian man is hanging 1 print : chromolithograph. The strategy was among several emerging in these small wars of the turn of the century. Colossal goddess figures and other national symbols were overwritten with the message on their clothing and the flags they carried. Source: Widener Library, Harvard University. Women and children were included among the Boer prisoners of the British. In its final issue for 1899a time when the U.S. suppression of Filipino resistance was at its peakPuck turned to a feel-good holiday graphic to reaffirm this theme of the bounty promised to newly invaded countries and peoples. In the Rubber Coils. In some cases, a surrogate (substitute image) is Co., Puck Bldg. As the caption indicates, this cover illustration dismisses charges of imperialism that critics directed against American expansion at the turn of the century.Harpers Weekly took pride in billing itself as A Journal of Civilization. The barbarians depicted here are Chinese Boxers who committed atrocities against Christian missionaries. Civilization and trade went hand in hand in turn-of-the-century imperialism. What did the public back home know about the fighting of these far-off wars? National Endowment for the Humanties. Whoever falls into your hands is forfeited. Office hours: By appointment only. Thophile Steinlen,LAssiette au Beurre, June 27, 1901. , 1902. Partnership with Great Britain brought the advantage of shared technology to the U.S., but the new American-made ships represented competition for the British shipbuilding industry. 8, Issue 4, pp. Scene The Congo Free State; artist: Linley Sambourne. and Photographs Reading Room to view the original item(s). It allows prisoners to enjoy the view from the outside and have the illusion of freedom (Official Report to the War Office. Price lists, contact information, and order forms are available on the Original publication of Rudyard Kiplings poem, The White Mans Burden.. Initially, the camps were conceived as shelters for women and children war refugees. Two years ago the main street of Manila did not possess a single saloon. In the U.S., the 1860s Civil War generated suspicion that neutral Britain covertly supported the Confederacy. This French cartoon eschews the romantic presentation in the preceding Puckgraphic and casts a far more cynical eye on Anglo-American expansion as fundamentally a matter of conquest. LC-DIG-ppmsca-25696 (digital file from original print). (A thumbnail (small) image will be visible on the left.). Asking only the open door for ourselves, we are ready to accord the open door to others. Most viewers will probably agree that there is nothing really comparable in the contemporary world of political cartooning to the drafting skill and flamboyance of these single-panel graphics, which appeared in such popular periodicals as Puck and Judge. Hanna was a wealthy businessman with investments in coal and iron who financed McKinleys 1896 election campaign with record-breaking fundraising that led to the defeat of opponent William Jennings Bryan. The addition of an exclamation point in the caption, The White (!) Explain the message within this particular cartoon using the details the cartoonist has included in it. From Tientsin to Peking with the Allied Forces. 1345 (1902 December 10), centerfold. ), Is This Imperialism?: the Boxer Uprising. International Journal of Comic Art11.1 (2009)pp. The First Traverse of Africa From South to North. In this activity, you will analyze and then create cartoons about imperialism. For guidance about compiling full citations consult Priests Horribly Tortured. Source: Widener Library, Harvard University, The barbarity of imperial war is displayed on a battlefield littered with dead soldiers of many nationalities that stretches from contemporary warshere, the Philippines and Transvaal (Boer War)back through time to Roman Wars. The sub-caption of this 1900 Judge cartoon once again asks the disturbing question: is civilization advancing?. Cairo and Cape Town, the twin citadels of British power and presence in Africa. Progress was promoted as an unassailable value that would bring the worlds barbarians into modern times for their own good and the good of global commerce. ), yesterday we took important commandos. Families were burned out of their homes and imprisoned in concentration camps. The Pigtail Has Got to Go. Louis Dalrymple,Puck, October 19, 1898. The expedition met with unexpectedly fierce opposition from Boxers and Qing dynasty troops and was forced to retreat. As the U.S. moved into the Pacific, Chinas millions represented an enticing new market, but the eruption of the anti-Christian, anti-foreign Boxer movement threatened the civilizing mission there. J. Ottmann Lith. These more critical graphics did not exist in a vacuum. Numbers 14-15 and 18-20 wanting. In Pucks October 19, 1898 cover, Civilization holds China by his queue, labeled Worn Out Traditions, ready to cut it off with the shears of 19th Century Progress. The helpless mandarin tries to run away. Illus. Revell, 1904). Terms of Use The banners of both side pronounce fidelity to the golden rule., Boxer banner (Chinese forces flags): Do not do unto others what you would not that others should do unto you. The cartoon takes its title from Rudyard Kiplings poem The White Mans Burden. Published in February, 1899 in response to the annexation of the Philippines by the United States, the poem quickly became a famous endorsement of the civilizing missiona battle cry, full of heroic stoicism and self-sacrifice, offering moral justification for U.S. perseverance in its first major and unexpectedly prolonged overseas war. "MOJ 75-A 495": intended for microfilm. The White Mans Burden (Apologies to Rudyard Kipling). Victor Gillam,Judge, April 1, 1899. Orig. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Uncle Sam was portrayed both with youthful energy and as a paternal older figure straining to follow in John Bulls footsteps as he took up the White Mans Burden., After Many Years: The Great Rapprochement. In The Pigtail Has Got to Go, a white-robed goddess wears a star that radiates over a Chinese mandarin. In many cases, the originals can be served in a few minutes. Other materials require appointments for later the same day or in the future. View Rhodes_cartoon_analysis+FINAL.docx from HIS 123 at Duval Charter School at Baymeadows. Close behind them lie corpses from the Franco-Prussian War, Russia and Turkey, Napoleon and Austria. Far off in the distance, with labels reading Roman Wars and Alexandria, the artists carries his viewers back to ancient times, when the civilization myth first emerged to mask the brutal realities of politically-motivated conflicts. Heine provided Simplicissimus with what has become a justly famous image: an armed knight, representing the West, pours a torrent of blood over Asia, while his sword drips blood on Africa. (doi:10.1017/S0021875810000046). 14-27 (May-June 1999). Despite public neutrality, the U.S. and Britain covertly supported each other. Barbarism lies at the base of the mountain to be climbed by Uncle Sam and John Bullwith civilization far off at the hoped-for end of the journey, where a glowing figure proffers education and liberty. The fifth stanza of Kiplings poem refers to an ascent toward the light: Barbarisms companion attributes of backwardness, spelled out on the boulders underfoot, include oppression, brutality, vice, cannibalism, slavery, and cruelty. Illustration shows Britannia carrying a large white flag labeled Civilization with British soldiers and colonists behind her, advancing on a horde of natives, one carrying a flag labeled Barbarism. In a striking Judge graphic, an Auto-Truck of Civilization and Trade lights a pathway through the darkness, leading with a gun and the message: Force if Necessary. Overladen with manufactured goods and modern technology, the vehicle is driven by a resolute Uncle Sam. Beyond flat-out aggression and repression, the common thread that linked the imperialist powers, in Twains critique, was the hypocrisy of expansionist rhetoric about Civilization and Progress. (He itemized the virtues that supposedly animated this white mans burden as Love, Justice, Gentleness, Christianity, Protection of the Weak, Temperance, Law and Order, Liberty, Equality, Honorable Dealing, Mercy, and Education.) The February 1901 essay opens with the satirical observation that: Extending the Blessings of Civilization to our Brother who Sits in Darkness has been a good trade and has paid well, on the whole; and there is money in it yet, if carefully workedbut not enough, in my judgement, to make any considerable risk advisable. Good Will to Nobody., The Poet, the President & The White Mans Burden, Rudyard Kiplings poem that begins with the line Take up the White Mans burden was published in the United States in the February, 1899 issue of McClures Magazine, as the American war against the First Philippine Republic began to escalate. First created by the Frenkel brothers in 1935, who, despite their limited . For example, the light of civilization literally illuminated vicious, helpless, or clueless barbarians. Source:Bibliothque nationale de France. No known restrictions on publication. Imperialism--British--1900-1910, - Dr Natheem Jacobs was stabbed at his home in Garlandale, Athlone. If you dont do it I shall have to. Udo Keppler,Puck, August 8, 1900. Many peasants vaguely suspected of being Boxers were executed. Accusations of atrocities against civilians on the ten-day march to Beijing were made in first-hand accounts of the mission. He talks to each student separately and tells them that he is sure that they shared answers, but he cannot be sure who copied from whom. A Rival Who Has Come to Stay. 1898) illuminate demeaning caricatures of China. 0 Ratings 1 Want to read; 0 Currently reading; 0 Have read; From the Cape to Cairo. Jones, Toby Craig. The British people had a long history of supporting imperial wars and as the conflict escalated, criticism in cartoon form declined and was supplanted by patriotic messages. Wasserstrom, Jeffrey. A 1901 Puck cover, Misery Loves Company, depicts John Bull and Uncle Sam mired in colonial wars at a steep price: Boer War 16,000,000 yearly and Philippine War $80,000,000 yearly. Anti-imperialist movements targeted the human rights violations in both the Philippines and Transvaal in their protests. Simultaneously, the war against Spain in Cuba and the Caribbean saw the U.S. seizure of Cubas Guantanamo Bay in June, giving the U.S. a naval base retained into the 21st century. It evoked both the fact that the bulk of the U.S. force was made up of units from the Midwestern states. Anthropomorphizing nations and concepts meant that in an 1899 cartoon captioned The White Mans Burden, the U.S., as Uncle Sam, could be shown trudging after Britains John Bull, his Anglo-Saxon partner, carrying non-white nationsdepicted in grotesque racist caricaturesuphill from the depths of barbarism to the heights of civilization. There, membership in militant secret societies swelled, most prominently in the Yi He Quan (Society of the Righteous Fist), a sect known to Westerners as the Boxers. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (2014). Source:Library of Congress. Source:Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University, By 1901, John Bull and Uncle Sam were bogged down in prolonged overseas wars at a cost, here, the "Philippine War $80,000,000 yearly" and the "Boer War 16,000,000 yearly." In a post-Bismarck era, Germany was a late-comer to the colonial land grab in Africa and the Pacific. A priest of the Church of England, his father served as curate of Brentwood Essex for fifteen years, until 1849, when he became the vicar of Bishop's Stortford, where . How did the US attempt to justify Imperialism. hier encore nous avons pris un important commando. In the final years of the Civil War, U.S. naval power was second only to the great seafaring empire of Great Britain. The caption, From the Cape to Cairo. While grading a final exam a professor discovers that two students have virtually identical answers. Print shows John Bull attempting to reassure Uncle Sam that the storm clouds labeled "Philippine C Theodore Roosevelt critiques a chapter of Elbert F. Baldwin's book, The World War: How it Looks t A bruised John Bull offers a "Tonic" of "Financial Help" and "Liberal Treatment" to an injured and Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Literature follows, holding the text of Kiplings poem, The White Mans Burden. Music plays an organ labeled Two Step SymphonyDollar Mark Forever. Behind Music comes Sculpture, holding up a monument to a war hero. - Estimates of civilian fatalities, on the other hand, range from 200,000 to possibly well over a million. Rudyard Kiplings famous poem The White Mans Burden was published in 1899, during a high tide of British and American rhetoric about bringing the blessings of civilization and progress to barbaric non-Western, non-Christian, non-white peoples. record ("About This Item") with your request. By the 1890s, the U.S. began to revitalize both its commercial and naval fleets. available, often in the form of a digital image, a copy print, or microfilm. In the United States, the Boer War, conquest of the Philippines, and Boxer Uprising prompted large, detailed, sophisticated, full-color cartoons in Puck and Judge. Militarily beneath notice by the major European powers, and able to resolve conflicts with Britain in the Western Hemisphere diplomatically, there was little pressure for a strong military in the U.S. With minimal military expenditures, the U.S. economy grew rapidly. ), In an image titled, Vers le Camp de Reconcentration (To the Concentration Camp), women and children are dragged off by British soldiers. The war was declared over by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902 but continued in parts of the country until 1913. You will probably need to use the links or conduct additional research to find the information to answer these questions. Britains John Bull leads Uncle Sam uphill as the two imperialists take up the White Mans Burden in this detail from an overtly racist 1899 cartoon referencing Kiplings poem. Imperial and Anti-Imperial Constructions of Civilisation: Engagements with Pre-Modern Pasts.Geopolitics, Vol. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Misery Loves Company;but they hope soon to be out of it. Louis Dalrymple, Puck, March 20, 1901. The campaign met with fierce resistance and saw the introduction of concentration camps as an extreme maneuver against the Boer defenders. A chained War Correspondent is forced to rewrite his reports under the direction of Major General Elwell Otis during the Philippine-American War. Source:Bibliothque nationale de France, In this cartoon from the French special issue on concentration camps in the Boer War, a gaunt Britannia is the only living creature in a vast graveyard for dead British soldiers. Warships steam over the horizon of their chests flying banners of great waterways that would ideally open the world to commerceSuez Canal (completed in 1869) and Managua Canal (projected through Nicaragua to link the Caribbean and Pacific oceansan undertaking later transferred to Panama). The Manila Correspondent and the McKinley Censorship. George Benjamin Luts,The Verdict, August 21, 1899. Library of Congress Duplication Services. In Vebers rendering of Les Progrs de la Science (The Advancement of Science), Boer prisoners of war are being shocked by an electric fence to the amusement of British troops on the other side. in: Puck, v. 52, no. On June 17, while the fate of Seymour and his men remained unknown to the outside world, Allied navies attacked and captured the forts at Taku. English Lessons: The Pedagogy of Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century China(Durham: Duke University Press, 2003). Maine. Vultures hover above the procession, and the artifacts of past civilization are trampled underfoot at the rear. The White (!) Recommended citation: Ellen Sebring, Civilization & Barbarism: Cartoon Commentary & The White Mans Burden (18981902), Volume 13, Issue 27, No. England, a caricature, multiples hands over countries, Top hat, 2000s stereotypical villain, water, lands countries. The aggressive quest for new marketsChinas millions being the most covetedwas justified as part of the benevolent and inevitable spread of progress. 377. Please use: Dr. Beasleys Calendar to book appointment times. Harpers Weekly later echoed the classroom scene with a cover captioned Uncle Sams New Class in the Art of Self-Government. The class is disrupted by revolutionaries from the new U.S. territories of the Philippines and Cuba, whose vicious fight brands them as barbarously unfit for self-rule.