Current History, Том 6,Део 1C-H Publishing Corporation, 1917 |
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... French soil , while it was only in the evening of the following day , Aug. 3 , 1914 , that the German Government sent its declaration of war to the French Government ; That this declaration of war was ac- companied by a statement that ...
... French soil , while it was only in the evening of the following day , Aug. 3 , 1914 , that the German Government sent its declaration of war to the French Government ; That this declaration of war was ac- companied by a statement that ...
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... French Fifth Army . The British air scouts dis- covered von Kluck's manoeuvre and re- ported large detachments south of the Marne with one column on the Grand Morin . The French airmen , too , report- ed all the German dispositions from ...
... French Fifth Army . The British air scouts dis- covered von Kluck's manoeuvre and re- ported large detachments south of the Marne with one column on the Grand Morin . The French airmen , too , report- ed all the German dispositions from ...
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... French , under d'Esperey , ended a day of terrific fighting by join- ing the British right at Château - Thierry . Further east one of France's greatest Generals , Foch , found von Bülow's right flank exposed and attacked the Prussian ...
... French , under d'Esperey , ended a day of terrific fighting by join- ing the British right at Château - Thierry . Further east one of France's greatest Generals , Foch , found von Bülow's right flank exposed and attacked the Prussian ...
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... French and British troops fought their way forward until they came in touch with the real German lines of intrenchment on the high ground of the plateau , where they proceeded to dig themselves in and try to hold on to the ground gained ...
... French and British troops fought their way forward until they came in touch with the real German lines of intrenchment on the high ground of the plateau , where they proceeded to dig themselves in and try to hold on to the ground gained ...
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... French , the scene of war's devastations , and then , too , French patriotism cried out for the redemption of the provinces torn from France forty- four years ago . France struck an eager blow , but with forces not really sufficiently ...
... French , the scene of war's devastations , and then , too , French patriotism cried out for the redemption of the provinces torn from France forty- four years ago . France struck an eager blow , but with forces not really sufficiently ...
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Страница 193 - With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the step I am taking and of the grave responsibilities which it involves, but in unhesitating obedience to what I deem my constitutional duty, I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States...
Страница 195 - A steadfast concert for peace can never be maintained except by a partnership of democratic nations. No autocratic Government could be trusted to keep faith within it or observe its covenants.
Страница 196 - The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty, We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make.
Страница 193 - There is one choice we cannot make, we are incapable of making — we will not choose the path of submission and suffer the most sacred rights of our nation and our people to be ignored or violated.
Страница 131 - We give Thee thanks for all Thy benefits, O Almighty God, who livest and reignest for ever; and may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Страница 192 - ... American ships have been sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the waters in the same way. There has been no discrimination. The challenge is to all mankind. Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet it. The choice we make for ourselves must be made with a moderation of counsel and a temperateness of judgment befitting our character and our...
Страница 199 - President is authorized in any such event, by his proclamation thereof, or other public act, to direct the conduct to be observed, on the part of the United States towards the aliens who become so liable; the manner and degree of the restraint to which they shall be subject, and in what cases, and upon what security their residence shall be permitted...
Страница 192 - ... which it is impossible to employ as it is employing them without throwing to the winds all scruples of humanity or of respect for the understandings that were supposed to underlie the intercourse of the world.
Страница 193 - I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the Government and people of the United States; that it formally accept the status of belligerent which has thus been thrust upon it...
Страница 198 - President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States...