] They were dealing with
those who had broken into their household. ["Hear, hear!"] But the
perfidy of the Germans has already failed. They entered Belgium to save
time. The time has gone. [Loud and continued applause.] They have not
gained time, but they have lost their good name. ["Hear, hear!"]
The Case of Servia.
But Belgium is not the only little nation that has been attacked in this
war, and I make no excuse for referring to the case of the other little
nation, the case of Servia. ["Hear, hear!"] The history of Servia is not
unblotted. Whose history, in the category of nations, is unblotted?
["Hear, hear!"] The first nation that is without sin, let her cast a
stone at Servia. She was a nation trained in a horrible school, but she
won her freedom with a tenacious valor, and she has maintained it by the
same courage. [Applause.] If any Servians were mixed up in the
assassination of the Grand Duke, they ought to be punished. ["Hear,
hear!"] Servia admits that. The Servian Government had nothing to do
with it. Not even Austria claims that. The Servian Prime Minister is one
of the most capable and honored men in Europe. ["Hear, hear!"] Servia
was willing to punish any one of her subjects who had been proved to
have any complicity in that assassination.
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