  BERLIN, AUGUST 6, 1914 (The Berlin papers declared that the population, mad with joy, drank champagne and danced in the streets.) I draw the sword that with God's help I have kept all these years in the scabbard. I have drawn the sword which without victory and without honor I cannot sheath again. All of you will see to it that only in honor is it returned to the scabbard. You are my guaranty that I can dictate peace to my enemies. The Kaiser to his Guards at Potsdam, |
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