The Press: Punch v. Glasgow

The— Picture. Punch, famed London funny paper, printed a U. S. general. He stood stiff, ungainly, much medaled; surrounded by clouds of light. He pointed scornfully at a cringing figure of John Bull. He said scathingly: "What (if anything) did you do in the Great War?" (Said a subcaption: "'Big Bill Thompson,' Mayor of Chicago, is prosecuting the local Superintendent of Schools for disseminating British propaganda in history textbooks.")

The Protest. Lawyer William Anderson Glasgow Jr., Philadelphia patriot, snatched his pen. Wrote he, irate, to Punch: "Such publications are distressing ......

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