Japan and Russia Will Divide China. Signs Increase That Northern Area and Lower Yangtze Basin Will be Carved Into Puppet States by Stalin and Mikado, Leaving South Largely at Mercy of Both.

Los Angeles.: Los Angeles Examiner.. 1940.. Printed colour pictorial map on a single newspaper leaf, 42.3 x 39.9 cms; 54.3 x 42.5 cms (sheet), archivally laid down on linen, slight discoloration to lower centrefold and sheet slightly age-toned, but in very good condition. A striking geopolitical map by Los Angeles Examiner artist Howard Burke covering China, Japan, Southern Russia and the northern part of French Indochina and Siam, showing how the "Aggressors Divide China." Areas under Japanese occupation are shown in red, and their naval blockade shown by an arc of naval vessels, with vivid arrows indicating lines of supply. Text labels (including sources of agricultural and raw materials) provide a dynamic overview of the geopolitical situation, and show the influence of American scientific illustrator and cartographer Richard Edes Harrison who argued for examining geographic issues from multiple perspectives , and Los Angeles Times artist Charles Owens. .