THE KAISER SPEAKS.
A BOMBASTIC ORDER
(Ausl & N.^;:.Gable,Assn'/-.ftnd:-Jleuter.V" : ■' '' VVAMSTERDAM^^a^\iary;.;|s:;'> ■ It: is officially stated- -thit^theKitiser,' in an Order to the Army arid; Navy,• saya:-—" Our enemies haye'refused my. offer of peace. They desire Germany's destruction. Before God and, humanity;, 1 declare that the heavy responsibility:; for the further terrible sacrifices rests' upon the enemies who do not want • that understanding offered by me-: With God's help and our arms, we- will enforce it." • • ■ : . --■ The Kniser added:'—" In justified; ange^for the-enemy's presumptuo\is' malice, and with the desire to defend ytii\y holiest possessions and as a, gnaranted'" for a liappy future, you will, become like steel."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3952, 8 January 1917, Page 5
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103THE KAISER SPEAKS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3952, 8 January 1917, Page 5
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