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1899 US cartoon showing European powers preparing to cut up China, while Uncle Sam objects

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English: Print shows Uncle Sam holding a "Trade Treaty with China", standing on a "Map of China" in the midst of foreign rulers labeled "Germany, Italy, England, Austria, Russia [and] France"; depicted are William II, Umberto I, John Bull, Franz Joseph I sharpening scissors at a grinding stone in the background, Uncle Sam, Nicholas II, and Emile Loubet, each with large scissors, intent on cutting up the map. Uncle Sam says: "Gentlemen, you may cut up this map as much as you like; but remember that I'm here to stay, and that you can't divide me up into spheres of influence!"
Date Illus. in: Puck, Aug 23, 1899
Source Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012647332/ , Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-28534
Author Color lithograph by J.S. Pughe
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17:00, 6 May 2009Thumbnail for version as of 17:00, 6 May 2009640 × 447 (85 KB)Giorgiomonteforti (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=Uncle Sam stands on map of China which is being cut up by German, Italy, England, Russia, and France (Austria is in backgr. sharpening shears); Uncle Sam clutches "Trade Treaty with China" and says: "Gentleman, you may cu

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