Manchuria Crisis Cartoon Analysis

Japan is presented as Al Japan, a parody of Al Capone. What does this say about the cartoonist's view of the Japanese?

• They live in Chicago

• They wear nice suits

• They are respectable

• They are criminals

What are the court officials reading?

• A bible

• The Lytton Report

• The League of Nations charter

• Something from the Japanese

What is the message of the cartoon?

• The LoN are fair in their Judgement

• The LoN will punish Japan for their crimes

• The Japanese are innocent

• The LoN are useless and are doing nothing to stop Japan

What are the Japanese walking over, in this cartoon?

• The League of Nations and the honour of nations

• A woman in a dress

• A doormat

• Manchuria

Who is applying a "Face saving kit" to the League of Nations?

• The USA

• China

• Japan

• Lord Lytton (Britain)

What is the message of the cartoon?

• The Japanese are nasty people

• The League is able to endure anything and still looks fabulous, darlings

• The British are allowing the Japanese to walk over the League and are only caring about the public perception, not stopping them

• The British give the best makeovers

What does the lady with the sword and scales represent?

• Justice

• The League of Nations

• A warrior goddess

• Japanese military aggression

What do the monkeys represent?

• See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil

• The League of Nations

• People pretending they don't know that Japan is doing bad things

• All of the above

What is the message of the cartoon?

• The League of Nations are run by monkeys

• The League will not bring Justice, because they refuse to acknowledge the bad things the Japanese have done

• All judges are monkeys

• The Japanese are monkeys and should die by the sword

What is the Briand Pact?

• The Kellogg-Briand pact was an agreement not to use war to settle any country's problems.

• The Kellogg-Briand pact was an agreement not to divide the territory of China

• The Kellogg-Briand pact was an agreement to limit the size of Japan's navy

• The Kellogg-Briand pact was an agreement with Hitler, to fight against Communists