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1940.09.29 “The Sightseer” by Bill Crawford

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Title:	1940.09.29 “The Sightseer” by Bill Crawford
Artist:	Bill Crawford (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
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“The Sightseer” (September 29, 1940)
by William “Bill” Crawford (1913-1982)

Crawford worked as a sports cartoonist and for the Washington Daily News and the Washington Post from 1936 until 1938. Crawford then joined the Newark News as its editorial cartoonist. He was a highly syndicated cartoonist, noted for his WWII commentary.

In 1940, Matsuoka was a primary architect of the Tripartite Pact (a/k/a the Berlin Pact), which was signed on September 27, and complemented the Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union, which we now know set of the terms for dividing up Europe. The first three terms of the pact speak to a particular point of view “to help restore peace to the world.” (as reported in the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung).

ARTICLE 1. Japan recognizes and respects the leadership of Germany and Italy in the establishment of a new order in Europe.

ARTICLE 2. Germany and Italy recognize and respect the leadership of Japan in the establishment of a new order in Greater East Asia.

ARTICLE 3. Japan, Germany, and Italy agree to cooperate in their efforts on aforesaid lines. They further undertake to assist one another with all political, economic and military means if one of the Contracting

Powers is attacked by a Power at present not involved in the European War or in the Japanese-Chinese conflict.

This cartoon is a response to Japan being seen ask climbing aboard the Axis, but because of the strong association with its definition as a European structure, Japan was not going to be directly involved in the European conflict and all the heavy lifting was still up to Italy and Germany (and we know who the boss is).

Matsuoka’s views were also not completely aligned with his European counterparts.

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