 We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as a guarantee of anything that is to endure, unless explicitly supported by such conclusive evidence of the will and purpose of the German people themselves as the other peoples of the world would...  Approaches to the Great Settlement - Page 118by Emily Greene Balch - 1918 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1917 - 920 pages
...the world and a special appeal to the German people to repudiate their rulers. "We cannot, he says, ''take the word of the present rulers of Germany as...evidence of the will and purpose of the German people themselves as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting." In other words, Mr.... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1917 - 592 pages
...speaking for the American Government, kindly but firmly rejected the proposals, saying that "we cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as...supported by such conclusive evidence of the will and purposes of the German people themselves as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1918 - 728 pages
...enduring peace. That must be based upon justice and fairness and the common rights of mankind. " We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as...evidence of the will and purpose of the German people themselves as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting. Without such guarantees,... | |
 | Nurses - 1917 - 1262 pages
...going into any details, merely answers that the word of the present rulers of Germany cannot be taken "as a guarantee of anything that is to endure unless explicitly supported by conclusive evidence of the will and purpose of the German people themselves;" that "agreements ....... | |
 | International law - 1917 - 260 pages
...enduring peace. That must be based upon justice and fairness and the common rights of mankind. We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as...evidence of the will and purpose of the German people themselves as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting. Without such guarantees... | |
 | International law - 1917 - 272 pages
...enduring peace. That must be based upon justice and fairness and the common rights of mankind. We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as...evidence of the will and purpose of the German people themselves as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting. Without such guarantees... | |
 | WILLIAM J. JACKMAN - 1911 - 314 pages
...message with, these words : "We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as a guaranty of anything that is to endure unless explicitly supported...evidence of the will and purpose of the German people themselves as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting. Without such guaranties,... | |
 | John Buchan - World War, 1914-1918 - 1917 - 340 pages
...enduring peace. That must be based upon justice and fairness and the common rights of mankind. We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as...evidence of the will and purpose of the German people themselves as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting. Without such guarantees,... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1916 - 652 pages
...speaking for the American Government, kindly but firmly rejected the proposals, saying that "we cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as...supported by such conclusive evidence of the will and purposes of the German people themselves as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting.... | |
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