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1938.03.13 “Triumphal Entries” (March 1938) by Hugh McMillen Hutton

Artist: Hugh Hutton (All)

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1938.03.13 “Triumphal Entries” (March 1938) by Hugh McMillen Hutton Comic Art

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Title:	1938.03.13 “Triumphal Entries” (March 1938) by Hugh McMillen Hutton
Artist:	Hugh Hutton (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,461
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	8/25/2019
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“Triumphal Entries” (March 13, 1938)
by Hugh McMillen Hutton (1897-1976)
13.5 x 18.5 in., ink and crayon on heavy board

Hugh M. Hutton (1897-1976) was an American editorial cartoonist who worked at the Philadelphia Inquirer for over 30 years.

Hugh Hutton grew up with an artistic mother. After attending the University of Minnesota for two years, Hutton enlisted in the armed forces and served in World War I. Hutton pursued coursework in art through correspondence school, the Minneapolis School of Art and the Art Students League.
He worked at the New York World from 1930 to 1932 and with the United Features Syndicate in 1932 and 1933, drawing illustrations and comic strips. Hutton relocated to Philadelphia and worked as the cartoonist at the Public Ledger in 1933 and 1934. He became the Philadelphia Inquirer's editorial cartoonist in April 1934, where he stayed throughout his career, retiring in 1969.

In Mein Kampf (1924), Hitler said he would abolish the Treaty of Versailles. He thought it was an international agreement that was a “bad deal” for the Make Germany Great Again movement.

The Treaty of Versailles (July 1919) called for stiff war reparation payments and other punishing peace terms for defeated Germany. Having been forced to sign the treaty, the German delegation to the peace conference indicated its attitude by breaking the ceremonial pen. As dictated by the treaty, Germany’s military forces were reduced to insignificance and the Rhineland was to be demilitarized. The Locarno Pact (1925) reaffirmed the national boundaries decided by the Treaty of Versailles and approved the German entry into the League of Nations.

In 1929 (only 90 years ago!), however, Hitler and the Nazi Party seized full power in Germany, promising vengeance against the Allied nations that had forced the Treaty of Versailles on the German people. In 1935, Hitler unilaterally canceled the military clauses of the treaty and in March 1936 denounced the Locarno Pact and began remilitarizing of the Rhineland. Two years later, Nazi Germany burst out of its territories, absorbing Austria and portions of Czechoslovakia. In 1939, Hitler invaded Poland, leading to the outbreak of World War II in Europe.

The first way Hitler broke the Treaty was over Germany’s armed forces. In 1935, he openly held a huge rearmament rally, including YUGE military parades, and the other nations let him get away with it, which starts the open policy of Appeasement.

The second way Hitler broke the Treaty was over the Rhineland. In 1936, after a one-sided, conscripted vote to re-occupy, Hitler moved his troops into the zone, claiming not doing so was a threat to Germany’s safety from foreign (French) invaders. Again, there was no reply from the League of Nations.

The third way Hitler broke the Treaty of Versailles occurred in 1938. The Treaty forbade Anschluss (joining) between Germany and Austria. After a failed attempt in 1934, Hitler tried again. Austria asked both France and Britain for help, but was refused. Hitler invaded on March 12, 1938. Maybe he should have just offered to buy it?

Am I being too subtle? Hutton's title for this image "triumphal" turns out to be an anagram for "hail trump."

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Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy
Member Since 2005

Posted on 8/25/2019

Those of us who refuse to learn from the lessons that history teaches us are doomed to repeat them. You give us a "Master class" with these images

Brian Coppola
Member Since 2009

Posted on 8/25/2019

Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy wrote:

Those of us who refuse to learn from the lessons that history teaches us are doomed to repeat them. You give us a "Master class" with these images

Our current political situation is arguably worse, as the actual ring-leaders have been operating behind the scenes for decades, and this guy up front was a gift opportunity to make a move. Cutting off the heads of the Nazis was effective because they were known and visible, and a true coalition had formed against them. Today, the putative "leader of the free world" does not amount to much more than the organ grinder's monkey. The real organ grinders are in the shadows. Take a look at what has happened to the state laws concerning consealed and open-carry since 1999. The wikipedia entry is telling (as is the graphic). There has been as systemic a movement towards changing state law as there was for same-sex marriage, and about at the same rate. We do not hear about this movement, and despite the uptick in shootings, why should we expect to see regulation against this backdrop? I fully anticipate an appeal to create Federal legislation - under the doctrine of the will of the states - for open and consealed carry, sometime in the next decade.

steve staszower
Member Since 2005

Posted on 9/2/2019

A lot to learn from this piece and from your description. Unfortunately, the people who need the lesson don't want it and will be the last to accept the truth.

Brian Coppola
Member Since 2009

Posted on 9/2/2019

steve staszower wrote:

A lot to learn from this piece and from your description. Unfortunately, the people who need the lesson don't want it and will be the last to accept the truth.

True. It's most unfortunate that being compared with a Nazi has become a broad and nearly cliche'd insult without its specific political context (e.g., "Soup Nazi"). The overlap with standard authoritarianism is pretty much absolute, including the adoration of other authoritarians, and that's a price the GOP had been willing to pay to win... but the monkey ended up not as easy to control as the organ grinder's plan laid out.

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