"Punch" and the Prussian Bully

Bildunterschrift:
Check to the king.
Bismarck (reads from 3,000 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 ist that? Dare my subjectx object to be slaughtered! What next, I wonder?"

The Prussian Bully d…