ds at Potsdam.

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 guarantee
that I can dictate peace to my enemies. Up and at the foes, and
down with the enemies of Brandenburg!

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ON VICTORY NEAR METZ.

From Cabinet Order of Kaiser Wilhelm II., Published in Berlin Aug. 23.

The mobilization and concentration of the army is now complete, the
German railways having carried out the enormous transport movements
with unparalleled certainty and punctuality. With a heart filled
with gratitude my first thoughts turn to those who since 1870-71
have worked quietly upon the development of an organization which
has emerged from its first serious test with such glorious success.
To all who have co-operated with them I wish to express my imperial
thanks for their loyal devotion to duty in making possible in
obedience to my call the transportation of armed masses of German
troops against my enemies. The present achievement [near Metz]
convinces me that the railways of the country will be equal to the
heaviest demands that might be made upon them during the course of
the gigantic struggle in which we are engaged for the future of the
German Nation.

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THE SPIRIT OF THE MEN.

Kaiser's Telegram from Dresden to the King of Saxony, Oct. 2.

I am very glad to be able to send you the best reports of the
Nineteenth Army Corps and the Twelfth Reserve Corps. I visited
yesterday the Third Army and greeted especially the brave 181st
Regiment, to which I expressed my recognition. I found your third
son and your brother Max as well as Laffert and Kirchbach in the
best of health. The spirit among the men is splendid. With such an
army we shall be able to complete victoriously the rest of our
difficult task. To this end may the Almighty stand by us.

WILHELM.

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HIS INDISCRETION WAS "CALCULATED."

Interview With Kaiser Wilhelm II., Oct. 28, 1908, and Its
Consequences.

_An interview between the German Emperor and "a representative
Engli