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Title
Meeting of Chamberlain and Eden clad as medieval admirals
Subject
Pre-World War II, world war, WWII, war, Chamberlain, Neville Chamberlain, Eden, Mediterranean piracy, piracy, General France, France, submarines, Mussolini, cartoon, caricature, cartoons as political comment, political, politics, Punch, Punch Magazine
Description
A ‘Punch’ cartoon of Neville Chamberlain (Primer Minister of the UK) and Anthony Eden (his Foreign Secretary) depicting them as medieval admirals watching a serpent titled ‘Mediterranean piracy’, saying ‘I say, even in holiday time. I think we shall have to take some notice of this’ was widely reported and held political sway. It urged the UK to act on increasing Italian piracy. News about the cartoon was published in the ‘Cairns Post’ Friday 3 September 1937, ‘Barrier Miner’ (Broken Hill, NSW) Friday 3 September 1937 with headlines ‘Punch Cartoon Urges Britain to Act’, ‘Sydney Morning Herald’ (Thursday 2 September 1937; ‘The West Australian’ Thursday 2 September 1937, ‘Morning Bulletin’ (Rockhampton, Qld.), Friday 3 September 1937, ‘Examiner’ (Launceston, Tas.) Friday 3 September 1937.
Creator
Unknown
Source
The Canberra Times
Publisher
The Canberra Times
Date
3 Sept 1937
Rights
Public Domain
Format
Newspaper Article
Language
English
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Newspaper article; PDF