"Punch" and the Prussian Bully.
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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.