"Never Negotiate."
MANGIN ADDRESSES HIS TROOPS. (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Wednesday, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, Dee. 19. General Mangin in an army order to the Verdun troops says: "Our fathers of the Revolution refused to treat with the enemy while he polluted the country's sacred soil. We will never negotiate with perjured governments who regard treaties as scraps of paper and who assassinate women and children. We will dictate terms after final victory and reply to the hypocritical overtures with the bayonet." Other generals have issued similar stirring proclamations,
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Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13581, 21 December 1916, Page 5
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