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"Punch" and the Prussian Bully.


CHECK TO THE KING.

Bismarck (reads from 3000 Citizens of Cologne). "In view of the miserable condition of the country in view of a civil war, with its attendant sufferings and fearful calamities... we couch a solemn protest against engaging in such a war."...

King of Prussia. "What is that? Dare my subjects object to be slaughtered! What next, I wonder?"

June 2, 1866.

The Prussian Bully declares his intention of making war on Austria.