Economic assistance--International cooperation

A bruised John Bull offers a “Tonic” of “Financial Help” and “Liberal Treatment” to an injured and battered Paul Kruger, President of the South African Republic, following the end of the fighting in South Africa.

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Puck consistently had taken the side of Great Britain through the Boer War in its editorials and cartoons. In similar fashion, as the South African nationalists under “Oom Paul” finally were defeated in the Transvaal and Orange Free State, cartoonist Pughe almost immediately depicted the terms of surrender in the most generous light. After negotiations, some of them contentious, a treaty  was signed, stipulating that the “Republic of South Africa” and the Orange Free State would be formal colonies of Great Britain, with promised timetables for increased rights and eventual independence.

An elderly woman representing Britannia stands at the “European Intelligence Office” seeking help from a group of women. The women, labeled “Italy, Austria, Turkey, Russia, Spain, La France,” and one unidentified woman who may represent Germany, are seated in the office, some holding papers on their lap labeled “Character” and “References.” Caption: Mrs. Britannia–Bless my ‘art! – hi need ‘elp so bad, an’ I cawn’t engage none ‘of ’em to ‘elp me!

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1896-03-18

Print shows Charles Stewart Parnell, a prisoner in the “Kilmainham Kaboose”, directing a pack of small dogs labeled “Healy, Kettle, Egan, O’Connor, Dillon, Davitt, Sexton, [and] Brennan” to attack the British Lion, instead they scatter in all directions. Caption: Mr. Parnell in his great feat of letting loose the dogs of war.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1881-10-26