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 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.
