Belgian women cut the throats of soldiers whom they had quartered
in their homes while they were sleeping. England also will say
nothing of the dumdum bullets which are being used by the English
and French despite all conventions and their hypocritical
proclamations of humanity, which can be seen here in their original
packing as they were found on French and English prisoners of war.

The Emperor has authorized me to say all this and to state that he
has full confidence in the sense of justice of the American people,
which will not allow itself to be deceived through the war of
falsehood which our enemies are conducting against us.

The statement of the Chancellor concludes as follows:

Every one who has lived in Germany since the outbreak of the war
has been able to witness the great moral uprising of all Germans
who, pressed hard on all sides, cheerfully take the field for the
defense of their rights and their existence; every one knows that
this people is not capable of any unnecessary cruelty or of any
brutality. We will win, thanks to the great moral strength which
our just cause gives to our troops, and in the end the greatest
falsehoods will be able to obscure our victories as little as they
do our rights.


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