_Justice_ (_to Bismarck_). "YOUR CLIENT WAS ASSAULTED, AND YOU ASK THAT THE DEFENDANT 'SHALL BE BOUND OVER TO KEEP THE PEACE FOR MANY YEARS.' BUT I CANNOT SANCTION A DEMAND FOR EXORBITANT SECURITIES." _February 18, 1871._ * * * *** =The Prussian Bully demands from France the cession of Alsace and Lorraine and an Indemnity of L200,000,000.= * * * * * Illustration: =ENTER BISMARCK.= "I SPEAK OF PEACE, WHILE COVERT ENMITY, UNDER THE SMILE OF SAFETY, WOUNDS THE WORLD; AND WHO BUT 'BISMARCK,' WHO BUT ONLY I, MAKE FEARFUL MUSTERS AND PREPARED DEFENCE." _Henry the Fourth, Part II._ (_Induction._) _February 18, 1888._ * * * *** =The Prussian Bully speaks of Peace and prepares for War.= * * * * * Illustration: =DROPPING THE PILOT.= _March 29, 1890._ * * * *** =The Prussian Bully has no further use for Prince Bismarck.= * * * * * Illustration: ="NANA WOULD NOT GIVE ME A BOW-WOW!"= [The German Emperor is reported to have said, "It was impossible for me to anticipate the rejection of the Army Bills, so fully did I rely upon the patriotism of the Imperial Diet to accept them unreservedly. A patriotic minority has been unable to prevail against the majority ... I was compelled to resort to a dissolution, and I look forward to the acceptance of the Bills by the new Reichstag. Should this expectation be again disappointed, I am determined to use every means in my power to achieve my purpose."--_The Times._] _May 20, 1893._ * * * *** =The Prussian Bully complains that he cannot have it all his own way.= * * * * * Illustration: =HIS FAVORITE SUBJECT.= _Imperial Artist._ "WISH I COULD HAVE GOT IT DONE IN TIME FOR THE ROYAL ACADEMY. SURE TO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED." _May 4, 1895._ * * * *** =The Prussian Bully paints himself in divine colours.= * * * * * Illustration: =GERMANIA ARMING KRUGER.= "The _Vossische Zeitung_ chronicles with satisfaction the recent arrival at Lorenzo Marquez, on board the German East African liner Kaiser, of 1,650 cases of war material for the Transvaal, including a whole battery of heavy guns, and states its conviction that the Transvaal and the Orange Free State are 'determined to maintain their independence.'"--_Globe, April 13._ _April 24, 1897._ * * * *** =The Prussian Bully tries to interfere in the Transvaal.= * * * * * Illustration: =A TALL ORDER.= _German Eagle_ (_to Dove of Peace_). "TEACH ME HOW TO COO!" _December 7, 1904._ * * * *** =The Prussian Bully maintains, in the cause of peace, a strong and efficient army, ready for instant action.= * * * * * Illustration: =THE BLIND SIDE.= _German Officer_: "GLAD TO HEAR YOU'RE GOING TO FORTIFY YOUR SEA FRONT. VERY DANGEROUS PEOPLE, THESE ENGLISH."