At
Emmenich, an hour by foot from Aachen, a sanitary automobile column
was attacked by the populace on a large scale and fired at from the
houses. The red cross on our sleeves and on our automobiles gives
us physicians no protection at all.
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GERMANY AND THE FOREIGNER.
Respect for the foreigner--Russians willing to remain in
Germany--Ill-treatment of Germans in Belgium and France.
Enemies on all sides! With dishonorable weapons against us, and with
documentary lies for the rest of the world! Let us calmly allow them to
continue lying and slandering as they have begun--it will result finally
in injuring themselves. The world will very soon see through this
impudent, unabashed game; and it will finally side with the people which
keeps to the truth, Only the weakling lies and swindles; the strong man
loves and honors truth. Let us act like the strong man in this struggle!
Respect for the foreigner, protection for his person and property have
at all times been considered sacred among civilized people. Germany can
without exaggeration claim to have upheld this respect and this
protection in these fateful days. Except for a few insignificant
incidents which took place in several large cities, where the natural
excitement of the people and the legitimate defense against an insolent
system of spying led to the molesting and arrest of foreigners--mostly
Russians--the measures taken against the citizens of hostile nations did
not exceed what was absolutely necessary to the safety of the country.
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