In my cartoon, "Will it? Will it not?" the faliure of the League of Nations is depicted. The League of Nations is like a fledgling: just born. It has not spread its wings and it stands helpless and powerless. Japan, on the other hand is a snake: poisonous and harmful. It can eat the fledgling in one gulp. The League was supposed to avert another war and help keep peace between nations, but consequently, it was weak. In this cartoon, the League (fledgling) can only sit quiet and wait for Japan's next move. It can only hope and pray that Japan wouldn't conquer Manchuria. This cartoon is colored in black just to signify the age : this event happened a long time ago.
Japan, in 1931, conquered Manchuria, a province of China. The League stood silently and watched. When it decided to send a commisioner to look into the matter and deal with Japan in 1932, Japan left the League on the 27th of March 1932. This was on event which showed the true identity of the League of Nations.
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Cool stuff. Was this for a school project or something, or just out of own interest?
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