A MILITARY NEGESSITY!
SOLF ON POLICY OF DEVASTATION. DEFENCE OF FATHERLAND EVERYTHING. Eeuter’s Telegrams(Received October 1-5, 1.10 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, October 13. Dr. Solf justifies the devastation or France during the German retreat as a military necessity. “As long as the struggle continues,” he states, “much as wo regret the loss of the irreparable art treasures, even tli© consideration of the most venerable shrines of civilisation must give place to the consideration of the lives of the defenders oi the Fatherland.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 5000, 15 October 1918, Page 5
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80A MILITARY NEGESSITY! Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 5000, 15 October 1918, Page 5
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