"Punch" and the Prussian Bully

Bildunterschrift:
Excessive Bail.
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."

The Prussian Bully demands from France the cession of Alsace and Lorraine and an Indemnity of £ 200,000,00.

Frühere Veröffentlichung in Punch, February 18, 1871