It ends with a stranger entering the church and delivering a devastating description of the carnage experienced by invaded countries. Imperialists Uncle Sam, John Bull, Kaiser Wilhelm, and, in the distance, probably France are borne on the backs of subjugated people in the Philippines, India, and Africa. Civilization and barbarism were vividly portrayed in the visual record. Women and children were included among the Boer prisoners of the British. Vol. The satirical weekly,Simplicissimus, flourished from 1896 to 1967 with a hiatus from 1944 to 1954. ), the Boer prisoners were gathered in large enclosures where, for the last 18 months, they found rest and quiet. Selling Empire: American Propaganda and War in the Philippines., Cullinane, M. Patrick. Barbarie Civilisation. Full caption: Its all a matter of perspective. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (2014). In the U.S., despite spirited resistance from Anglophobic Irish immigrants and anti-imperialist leagues, overseas military campaigns gradually gained public support. Although protested by some commanders, no single approach prevailed among these competitive armies thrown together in a loose coalition. 19th Century Editorial Cartoons and the Business of Race.International Journal of Comic Art11.1 (2009)pp. Elle permet aux prisonniers de jouir de la vue du dehors et davoir ainsi lillusion de la libert (Rapport officiel au War Office. To the Person Sitting in Darkness addressed Great Britains Boer War as well as the Philippine conquest and Boxer intervention. The Battle of Omdurman in September 1898in which British forces retook the Sudan using Maxim machine guns to inflict disproportionate casualties on native Mahdi forceswas followed almost immediately by the Fashoda Crisis with France, in which the British asserted their control of territory around the upper Nile. 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! Louis Dalrymple,Puck, January 25, 1899. 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. Western missionaries had penetrated the interior, and the missions they established disrupted village traditions. Pucks caricature of Germanys Bible-quoting Kaiser Wilhelm II ready to machine gun foreign non-believers captures the role of Christianity in turn-of-the-century Western imperialism. '. After Allied forces were dispatched to relieve the sieges in Tianjin and Beijing, however, it did not take long before news reports and complementary visual commentary began to take note of barbaric conduct on both sides of the conflict. (ISSN 1961-9898). The laudatory rhetoric and imagery of a white mans burden and civilizing mission received a sharp rejoinder in a cartoon published byLifein April, 1901 under the title March of the Strenuous Civilization. In this sardonic rendering of the realities of imperialist expansion, a missionary leads the charge holding a Missionary Ledger. Immediately behind him march a sword-brandishing sailor carrying loot and a rifle-bearing soldier carrying booty. Science comes next, clutching lyddite, a high explosive first used by the British in the Boer War. This special issue ofLAssiette au Beurredrew particular attention to the brutal tactics adopted by the British in the Boer War, including herding the families of the Boer opponent into concentration camps. 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 ofMcClures Magazine, as the American war against the First Philippine Republic began to escalate. 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? Leonhard, Robert R.The China Relief Expedition: Joint Coalition Warfare in China,Summer 1900(Laurel, MD: Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University). Historical perspective. It is just to use every legitimate means for the enlargement of American trade; but we seek no advantages in the Orient which are not common to all. They laud substandard leaders because it is how people are ruled in Africa. Now there are thirteen on this one street! These more critical graphics did not exist in a vacuum. Le Royaume-Uni (United Kingdom) Jean Veber,LAssiette au Beurre, September 28, 1901. Includes bibliographical references and index. The eight-nation military intervention during the Boxer Uprising in China in 1900 amounted to a global case study of how nations with superior technology wreaked violence abroad in the name of bringing about peace and civilization. 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. I relegated an escort. Source:Bibliothque nationale de France, British soldiers laugh at the spectacle of Boer prisoners of war being shocked by an electric fence. 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. 62, Issue 4,pp. Raising money to Save the Foreign Devils recurs in the visual record. Kipling is referring to British colonization and the necessity of sending people to those colonized areas Uncle Sams New Class in the Art of Self-Government. W. A. Rogers,Harpers Weekly: A Journal of Civilization, August 27, 1898. (doi:10.1017/S0021875810000046). Revell, 1904). 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. 202-212 (September 2010). 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. In the U.S., pro-imperialist graphics created the image of robotic, unstoppable American soldiers stomping on foreign lands and towering over barefoot savages. A cartoon published in May, 1899 over the caption And Peace Shall Rule offered a female angel of peace flying over a globe (turned to Asia and the Pacific) hoisted by John Bull and Uncle Sam. The caption again ironically quotes an Official Report to the War Office that praises the British soldiers bravery in the face of a fierce enemy, in this case women and children: The humanity of our soldiers is admirable and does not tire despite the ferocity of Boers., Vers le Camp de Reconcentration (To the Concentration Camp). The image exhibits a racist hierarchy that places a dominant white American male in the center, and on the fringes, an African-American washing the windows and Native-American reading a primer upside down. ), Is This Imperialism?: the Boxer Uprising. Source:Library of Congress. According to Kipling, European countries had a duty to spread their religion and culture to those less civilized places. Abe Ignacio, Enrique de la Cruz, Jorge Emmanuel, Helen Toribo. 4). Source:Library of Congress. As the disturbance escalated, so did news coverage around the world. And, more subtly yet, it reflected the shift from the nations agrarian roots toward global engagement. 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. One victim of the UK Blair torture regime Fatima Boudchar was actually pregnant when kidnapped along with her husband for rendition. As early as mid 1899, for example,Lifecalled attention to the staggering death count among Filipinos with a cartoon titled The Harvest in the Philippines. It is now estimated that, all told, between 12,000 and 20,000 Filipino military perished in this conflict, as opposed to 4,165 killed on the U.S. side. The argument follows Englands example, as spelled out on the blackboard, that By not waiting for their consent, she has greatly advanced the worlds civilization. An African-American washes windows. The book on the desk reads: U.S. America in the China Relief Expedition(Kansas City: Hudson-Kimberly publishing company, 1903). A number of critical cartoons of the time addressed the unsavory behavior of the civilizers themselves, and the disparity between doctrine and actions. Looming just ahead for the two Anglo nations were turbulence and intervention in such widely dispersed places as Samoa, China, and Africa. The scene above turns the tables on theHarpers Weeklycover (above) and accuses foreign troops and missionaries of atrocities during the Boxer Uprising in China. The belief in racial/cultural superiority that fueled the British empire embraced the U.S. in Anglo-Saxonism based on common heritage and language. [View Extract]. American Imperialism (New York: Arno Press, 1970). American ships for American commerce!!. The second was the U.S. conquest and occupation of the Philippines that began in 1899. The foothold in the Philippines brought China within reach. In a post-Bismarck era, Germany was a late-comer to the colonial land grab in Africa and the Pacific. The language obviously resonated with the Kipling-esque imagery of white men bringing enlightenment to new-caught sullen peoples, half-devil and half-child. People of darkness was, moreover, a perception that missionaries (whom Twain excoriated) routinely applied to the heathen natives of non-Christian lands. Uneasiness over the idea of using force to govern a country was overcome by tracing the issue of consent back through recent history. Britain is digesting China, Egypt, Australia, Africa, Canada, and India. Bello, Walden. Commodore Deweys victory in Manila Bay in May not only paved the way for U.S. conquest of the Philippines, but also provided a valuable naval base for U.S. fleets in the Pacific. Although usually associated with the pro-expansionist proponents of civilization and progress,Puckon occasion turned a discerning eye on the double standards of Americas so-called noble mission in the Philippines and China. An exclamation point was added to the phrase, The White (!) 2 vols. SHARE. The 1901 date indicates that the specific reference is to Allied reprisals against Chinese civilians following the Boxer Uprising. This idea is presented in a poetic way, by a British poet, Rudyard Kipling, in his poem The white mans burden written in 1898. Source: Widener Library, Harvard University. 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. Christian missionaries, their Chinese converts, and eventually all foreigners were blamed for the troubles and attacked by Boxer bands of disenfranchised young men. Each of the three major turn-of-the-century wars left a trail of contention in the visual record. 1 (October 7, 2013). A more earthly approach is taken in the graphic Some One Must Back Up that heads this essay. It was written in support of Americas attempt to annex the Philippines. The Manila Correspondent and the McKinley Censorship. George Benjamin Luts,The Verdict, August 21, 1899. As Britain stepped up financial industries, shipping, and insurance to make up the deficit, global sea power took on additional significance. Appelbaum, Stanley. 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. Smith, Arthur Henderson. 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. Case Study: The Boxer WarThe Boxer Uprising.Online Encyclopediaof Mass Violence(July 23, 2008). Are our teachings, then, in vain? is the caption of a cartoon by Pucks Udo Keppler in which Confucius and Jesus Christ look down on the warring Boxers and missionaries. Transatlantic dimensions of the American Anti-Imperialist Movement, 1899-1909., Feng, Yongping, The Peaceful Transition of Power from the UK to the US., Faunce, Rev. www.globalresearch.ca contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Le Silence (Concentration Camps in the Transvaal. The Maine had been dispatched to Cuba to support an indigenous insurrection against Spain. The caption, titled The First Duty, carries this subtitle: Civilization (to China)That dragon must be killed before our troubles can be adjusted. To maintain its position in the international balance of power, Britain needed allies. Long May It Wave. But rivalries for commercial privileges never abated even when an eight-nation Allied military force was forged between the world powers in the summer of 1900. While the European powers favored Spain in the Spanish-American War, for example, neutral Britain backed the U.S. During the 1898 Battle of Manila Bay, British ships quietly reenforced the untried U.S. navy by blocking a squadron of eight German ships positioned to take advantage of the situation. Civilization and trade went hand in hand in turn-of-the-century imperialism. western leaders perspective on the white man's burden. As the Heathen See Us: Reversing the Gaze. Cohen, Paul A. Brewer, Susan. Cullinane, M. Patrick. Three overlapping turn-of-the-century conflicts in particular stirred the righteous rhetoric of the white imperialists. Imperialism in the Asia-Pacific,published originally inPeace Review10:3, pp. Vultures hover above the procession, and the artifacts of past civilization are trampled underfoot at the rear. The more popular studies however have largely focused on the following four leadership perspectives: 1. No quarter will be given! Original publication of Rudyard Kiplings poem, The White Mans Burden.McClures Magazine, February, 1899 (Vol. ColumbiaMother! Louis Dalrymple,Puck, June 15, 1898. Expansionism promulgated under the banner of civilization could not escape being carried out in global military campaigns, referred to as the savage wars of peace in the third stanza: Such avowed paternalism towards other cultures recast the invasion of their lands as altruistic service to humankind. In order to fully get along in society, indigenous populations had to assimilate to the colonists culture and many times abandon their own. 3, pp. Tuffnell, Stephen. Oer The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave? Having defeated China in 189495, Japan is presented by Columbia (the U.S.) to her closest ally, Britannia (Great Britain). The march of civilization against barbarism is a late-19th-century construct that cast imperialist wars as moral crusades. In September 1901, the French artist Jean Veber used the pages ofLAssiette au Beurreto 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). GlobalResearch Center for Research on Globalization. The "white man's burden" refers to the duty of Westerners to the rest of the world. Source:Library of Congress. Ugly and shocking scenes of violence in 19th-century American life are ironically captioned as refined and elegant to challenge the self-image of a nation contributing cash to save the heathen of foreign lands while ignoring its own barbarity. Lifes satire of the white mans burden mystique offers a procession of the supporters of the new imperialism beginning with missionaries and ending with the traveling salesman. Just as a thousand years ago the Huns under their King Attila made a name for themselves, one that even today makes them seem mighty in history and legend, may the name German be affirmed by you in such a way in China that no Chinese will ever again dare to look cross-eyed at a German. Reports of the Boxer attacks seeped out of the beleaguered area and misinformation spread, like this headline in theNew York Timeson July 30: Wave of Massacre Spreads over China. (doi:10.1093/cjip/pol005), Faunce, Rev. It was feared that the mystical rituals and xenophobic violence of the Yi He Tuan (Boxer) secret society would overwhelm Chinas ineffectual rulers, cast the country into chaos, and hinder the trade and profits anticipated by the great powers. English Lessons: The Pedagogy of Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century China(Durham: Duke University Press, 2003). (This coincided with the annexation of Hawaii as a U.S. territory in congressional votes in June and July of the same year.) Were we to transport an army more than half way around the earth merely to listen to peace propositions? The addition of an exclamation point in the caption, The White (!) Source:Wikimedia. 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). Cartoonist Victor Gillam turns the tables on American missionary zeal and moral imperative to save the heathen by showing how the Chinese might view the foreign devils in vignettes of ignorance, racism, and extreme violence in the United States. The Harvest in the Philippines. Frederick Thompson Richards,Life, July 6, 1899. All this for politicsis civilization advancing? Victor Gillam,Judge, February 3, 1900. It allows prisoners to enjoy the view from the outside and have the illusion of freedom (Official Report to the War Office. The U.S. appears to be carried by the Philippines, Great Britain by India, and Germany by Africa. Historical perspective. Some of the poorest provinces in the north were further stressed by a destructive combination of flooding and prolonged drought. In this rendering, progresseconomic, technological, and culturalis spread through global military aggression. Study Resources. Declaration of Independence:Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.. A poster headlined A Union in the Interest of Humanity Civilization, Freedom and Peace for all Time, probably also dating from 1898, celebrated the rapprochement between the United States and Great Britain with particularly dense detail. In reality, it was just a cover-up to seek profits in these countries such as seen in the Hawaiian native on top of Uncle Sam's . 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). New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening(New York: F.H. Mother countries would often build schools, railroads, and improved communication, along with new medicines and treatments. 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. Boxer attacks on Western infrastructure and the siege of foreign diplomats in Beijing gave the international powers a pretext for entering China with military force. Vol 172 (February 1901). W. H. P. Signs of Promise., Jones, Toby Craig. Uncle Sam breaks up a fight between students identified as Cuban Ex-Patriot and Guerilla in his New Class in the Art of Self-Government. The famous white-haired general, Mximo Gmez, a master of insurgency tactics in the Cuban Independence War (18951898) reads a book with his name on it. Xiang, Lanxin. Columbia and Uncle Sam pluck gifts from Our Christmas Tree, including law and order, technology, and education, for overseas territories Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines, condescendingly drawn as grateful children. It was to change the darkest spot in darkest Africa back again into a land flowing with milk and honey that Great Britain took over the tremendous burden of administration from the Niger Company, and sent one of its greatest ' Africans ' (Sir F. D. Lugard) with a small body of earnest men into the 'White Man's Grave. If you dont do it I shall have to. Udo Keppler,Puck, August 8, 1900. John Bull Good evins! The U.S. is newly victorious in 1898 naval victories over the Spanish at Manila and Santiago de Cuba. The anti-imperialistLifemagazine was similarly attuned to the hypocrisy of cloaking military violence in pious rhetoric. Pro-imperialist cartoons often depicted the West as literally shining the light of civilization and progress on barbaric peoples. Gillams sub-caption is All this for politicsis civilization advancing?. Uncle Sam and President McKinley countered the assault under another American flag on which was inscribed Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness under treaty rights. The cartoon caption reflected Americas self-image as a reluctant civilizer: Is This Imperialism? Advance Agent of Modern Civilization: Religion & Empire. 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