What is the meaning of this political cartoon in the Spanish-American war?

this French political cartoon, the world leaders are dividing up a cake that represents China. The countries of England, Germany, France, Russia, and Japan are represented by the figures doing the cutting. The Chinese figure stands helplessly in the background.

both are true, the congress does have the power to create banks, even if this power is not specifically described in the constitution, since there is nothing restricting it and there is power given to the congress to make "all laws which shall be necessary and proper". maryland was not allowed to tax a branch of the national bank operating there, and the supreme court decided that no state could. both of these topics were discussed in a decision of the mcculloch v. maryland case in 1819.