This German cartoon depicts John Bull, the personification of England, as a slightly crazed, seven-armed octopus which is grasping at American resources. British orders contributed billions of dollars to American prosperity, and Great Britain honourably paid back all her loans after the war - which is more than could be said for other countries, notably France.

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