Putting His Foot Down - Uncle Sam (to the powers) - Gentlemen, you may cut up this map as much as you like; but remember that I am here to stay, and you can't divide me up into spheres of influence! Uncle Sam holding a "Trade Treaty with China", standing on a "Map of China" in the midst of foreign rulers labeled "Germany, Italy, England, Austria, Russia [and] France"; depicted are William II, Umberto I, John Bull, Franz Joseph I sharpening scissors at a grinding stone in the background, Uncle Sam, Nicholas II, and Emile Loubet, each with large scissors, intent on cutting up the map.

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Putting His Foot Down - Uncle Sam (to the powers) - Gentlemen, you may cut up this map as much as you like; but remember that I am here to stay, and you can't divide me up into spheres of influence! Uncle Sam holding a "Trade Treaty with China", standing on a "Map of China" in the midst of foreign rulers labeled "Germany, Italy, England, Austria, Russia [and] France"; depicted are William II, Umberto I, John Bull, Franz Joseph I sharpening scissors at a grinding stone in the background, Uncle Sam, Nicholas II, and Emile Loubet, each with large scissors, intent on cutting up the Cartoon, 1899

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