PRINCE BISMARCK AND ANNENATION.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 228, 24 January 1885, Page 3

PRINCE BISMARCK AND ANNENATIO N.

The M;:.chiavelli of ]V:Kn is getting his ni-istli's up over the annexation question, ■ litil lias been indulging in some rather tall talk in the Eoichstag. It is not at present certain whether Bismarck contemplates declaring war against New Zealand, but having regard to his sinister method of carrying out his schemes, such a contingency is not beyond the region of probability. One cannot contemplate such a calamity as that without awe and quaking of soul. One of the very first results oi' the war would be a ruinous rise in the price of German sausages, wood:':! locks, toys, and pinchbeck watches, in.i to mention a catalogue of jimerack tiitj.'.s which are too numerous and miscellaneous to particularise. As to any danger of invasion, that is clearly out of the question. While wo possess such a fleet as the Hinoinoa, the revenue cutters, and numerous steam tugs and dredges, commanded by so able an admiral as the Hon. Pat. Buckley, wo can snap our fingers in the face of the Teutons, and leave them to assaugc their impotent rage with plethoric German sausages and unlimited supplies of saurkraut, washed down with copious draughts of laager beer. Some verses, which we publish in another column, ought to reassure any of our readers who dread a German invasion.