The futile German campaign for the detachment of France from her allies
is, indeed, the most striking indication yet forthcoming of the
misgivings with which the resolute action of the Allies is beginning to
inspire the Kaiser and his Government.
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IMPERIAL MESSAGE TO THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.
King George V. to the Self-Governing Peoples and the Empire of India,
Sept. 9, 1914.
To the Governments and Peoples of my Self-Governing Dominions: During
the past few weeks the peoples of my whole empire at home and overseas
have moved with one mind and purpose to confront and overthrow an
unparalleled assault upon the continuity of civilization and the peace
of mankind.
The calamitous conflict is not of my seeking, my voice has been cast
throughout on the side of peace. My Ministers earnestly strove to allay
the causes of strife and to appease differences with which my empire was
not concerned. Had I stood aside when, in defiance of pledges to which
my kingdom was a party, the soil of Belgium was violated and her cities
laid desolate, when the very life of the French Nation was threatened
with extinction, I should have sacrificed my honor and given to
destruction the liberties of my empire and of mankind.
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