Enemies on every hand! That is the situation. A mighty struggle, a
great sacrifice confronts us.
I trust that the old spirit of battle still lives on in the German
people, that powerful spirit of battle which grapples with the foe
wherever it meets it, be the cost what it may, which has ever been
the terror and fear of our enemies.
Soldiers of Germany, in you I place my trust! In each one of you
lives the passionate will to conquer, which nothing can subdue.
Each one of you knows, if need be, how to die a hero's death.
Remember our great and glorious past!
Remember that you are Germans!
God help us!
WILHELM.
Berlin, Schloss, Aug. 6, 1914.
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[Illustration: AUGUSTA VICTORIA,
German Empress.
(_Photo from M.E. Burner._)]
TO GERMAN WOMEN.
An Appeal from the Kaiserin.
On the summons of the Emperor our people are preparing for an
unprecedented struggle, which it did not invoke and which it is
only carrying on in its defense. Whoever can bear arms will
joyfully hasten to the colors to defend the Fatherland with his
blood. The struggle will be gigantic and the wounds to be healed
innumerable, therefore I call upon you women and girls of Germany,
and all to whom it is not given to fight for our beloved home, for
help.
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