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Page 68
... Prussian militarism ? This Note and that speech prove that not yet have they learned the very alphabet of respect for the rights of others . Without repara- tion , peace is impossible . Are all these outrages against humanity on land ...
... Prussian militarism ? This Note and that speech prove that not yet have they learned the very alphabet of respect for the rights of others . Without repara- tion , peace is impossible . Are all these outrages against humanity on land ...
Page 69
... Prussian military triumphs of victory . It is a long pæan over the victory of Von Hinden- burg and his legions . This very appeal for peace is delivered ostentatiously from the triumphant chariot of Prussian militarism . We must keep a ...
... Prussian military triumphs of victory . It is a long pæan over the victory of Von Hinden- burg and his legions . This very appeal for peace is delivered ostentatiously from the triumphant chariot of Prussian militarism . We must keep a ...
Page 70
... Prussians got thor- oughly on the nerves of Europe . There was no peace near where they dwelt . An Offence against ... Prussian military leaders upon France , Russia , Italy , and ourselves , it would be folly , it would be cruel folly ...
... Prussians got thor- oughly on the nerves of Europe . There was no peace near where they dwelt . An Offence against ... Prussian military leaders upon France , Russia , Italy , and ourselves , it would be folly , it would be cruel folly ...
Page 85
... it is because I realised , from the moment the Prussian cannon hurled death at a peaceable and inoffensive little country , that a challenge had been sent to civilisation to decide an issue higher than THE NEW GOVERNMENT 85.
... it is because I realised , from the moment the Prussian cannon hurled death at a peaceable and inoffensive little country , that a challenge had been sent to civilisation to decide an issue higher than THE NEW GOVERNMENT 85.
Page 86
... the causeway along which humanity was progressing slowly to higher things . The triumph of Prussia would sweep it all away and leave mankind to struggle helpless in the morass . That is why , since this 86 THE GREAT CRUSADE.
... the causeway along which humanity was progressing slowly to higher things . The triumph of Prussia would sweep it all away and leave mankind to struggle helpless in the morass . That is why , since this 86 THE GREAT CRUSADE.
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Page 118 - And let us not be weary in well-doing ; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Page 255 - The settlement of the new Europe must be based on such grounds of reason and justice as will give some promise of stability. Therefore, it is that we feel that government with the consent of the governed must be the basis of any territorial settlement in this war.
Page 256 - Unless international right is recognised by insistence on payment for injury done in defiance of its canons it can never be a reality.
Page 287 - Patriotism, and, clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven. We shall descend into the valleys again ; but as long as the men and women of this generation last, they will carry in their hearts the image of those great mountain peaks whose foundations are not shaken, though Europe rock and sway in the convulsions of a great war.
Page 260 - The natives live in their various tribal organisations under Chiefs and Councils who are competent to consult and speak for their tribes and members and thus to represent their wishes and interests in regard to their disposal. The general principle of national self-determination is, therefore, as applicable in their cases as in those of occupied European territories.
Page 263 - If, then, we are asked what we are fighting for, we reply — as we have often replied — We are fighting for a just and a lasting peace, and we believe that before permanent peace can be hoped for three conditions must be fulfilled. First, the sanctity of treaties must be re-established; secondly, a territorial settlement must be secured based on the right of self-determination or the consent of the governed...
Page 262 - Apart from this, whatever settlement is made will be suitable only to the circumstances under which it is made, and as those circumstances change, changes in the settlement will be called for. So long as the possibility of...
Page 285 - I am sorry to say, a good many years even beyond that. But still our turn will come. It is a great opportunity. It only comes once in many centuries to the children of men.
Page 287 - We have been living in a sheltered valley for generations. We have been too comfortable and too indulgent — many, perhaps, too selfish — and the stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things that matter for a nation — the great peaks we had forgotten, of Honour, Duty, Patriotism, and, clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven.
Page 259 - On the same grounds we regard as vital the satisfaction of the legitimate claims of the Italians for union with those of their own race and tongue. We also mean to press that justice be done to men of Roumanian blood and speech in their legitimate aspirations.