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Description: | 15250
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image: A cartoon showing three Home Office bureaucrats sitting at a table pondering over a photograph of a German
stereotype which is inscribed 'Yours Fritz von Spy'. Above the head of each bureaucrat a 'thought balloon' enclosing text, from left to
right respectively - 'SUSPECT HIM? IMPOSSIBLE! WHY MY WIFE'S COOK USED TO BE HIS AUNT'S MAID!!!', 'I WOULD ANSWER FOR HIM WITH MY LIFE.
WHY, I HAVE KNOWN HIS SECOND-COUSIN-TWICE REMOVED FOR 15 YEARS!!' and 'HIS UNCLE'S BEST FRIEND WENT TO SCHOOL WITH MY DOCTOR'S STEPSON.
TRUST HIM? YES ABSOLUTELY!!'
text: Intern the Germans. Sign Here NOW THE MONSTER PETITION TO The Government Organised by THE NATIONAL PARTY 22, King Street. St.James'
[This is followed by the addresses of the National Party's headquarters in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and Bristol. The cartoon is also
captioned, at base, 'THE HOME OFFICE WAY' and 'Reproduced by permission of the London Evening News' and signed 'Poy'.]
'Poy' joined the London Evening News as a cartoonist in 1913 and stayed with them until 1935, creating such memorable
characters as John Citizen, Cuthbert the conscientious objector, Government Gus and Dora (a personification of the First World War British
Government's 'Defence of the Realm Act' which included the internment of enemy aliens amongst its security measures). | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | National Party internment British Home Front & British anti-German Propaganda & 1914=1915 political campaigns propaganda | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Preston, G H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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