Yesterday, although belonging to different nationalities,
we were here studying in sympathetic companionship. Now we are in
different fields, armed against each other and ready to take each
other's lives.
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GERMAN KAISER'S PROTEST.
Addressed to Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Aug. 7.
I consider it my duty, Sir, to inform you, as the most notable
representative of the principles of humanity, that after the
capture of the French fort of Longwy my troops found in that place
thousands of dumdum bullets, which had been manufactured in special
works by the French Government. Such bullets were found not only on
French killed and wounded soldiers and on French prisoners, but
also on English troops. You know what terrible wounds and awful
suffering are caused by these bullets, and that their use is
strictly forbidden by the generally recognized rules of
international warfare.
I solemnly protest to you against the way in which this war is
being waged by our opponents, whose methods are making it one of
the most barbarous in history. Besides the use of these awful
weapons, the Belgian Government openly incited the civil population
to participate in the fighting, and has for a long time carefully
organized their resistance.
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