GERMAN BULL: "I know I'm making a
rotten exhibition of myself; but I shall tell
everybody I was goaded into it."
The Germans are portrayed as a bull running amok in a "neutral china shop." The shop bears the flags of the neutral nations. The point of the cartoon is that the Germans would attack neutral countries, such as Belgium, with the excuse that they had been provoked by the actions of the victims.
Making Germany the bull is a pun. When people lie they are told what they are saying is "bull". This comic is not exactly an exaggeration because Germany did invade Belgium who wanted to be neutral.
My opinion of the political cartoon is that it portrays the Germans in their true identity. They were bullies who invaded a country that wanted absolutely nothing to do with the war. Why even ask them if you are just going to go through their country anyway? Germany did the wrong thing and this cartoon portrays their wrong decision in a clearer picture.
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