Emperor of the Germans! I am the instrument of the Most High. I am His
sword. Woe and death unto those who resist my will! Woe and death unto
those who believe not in my mission!"




THE GERMAN APPEAL


APPEAL TO THE CIVILISED WORLD

Now that we have reached the close of this book of horrors, let us
impanel the 93 Germans of light and learning, and confront them with the
words of their own manifesto:

"As representatives of German Science and Art, we the undersigned,
declare that:--

"It is not true that Germany provoked this War....

"It is not true that we have criminally violated the neutrality of
Belgium....

"It is not true that our soldiers have made any attack on the life or
property of a single Belgian citizen without being forced to it by sheer
necessity....

"It is not true that our troops brutally destroyed Louvain....