Naturalized German shopkeepers in London are taking unusual precautions
against possible boycotts. The following notice, posted on a bakery in
Soho, is being copied by other dealers:
“Two hundred and fifty dollars reward will be given to any charitable
institution upon the discovery by any persons of adulteration in the
bread sold in this establishment.
“God bless our King and country. The proprietor of this business wishes
to inform the public that he is a naturalized British subject of many
years standing and his loyalty is equal to that of any of the most
gracious Majesty’s subjects, whom he treats and respects as man to man.”
One German banker in South London, whose name was “Schmidt,” promptly
changed it to “Smith.”