to enter Belgium because she had to
forestall the planned French advance, and Belgium only awaited this
advance to join France. That only a pretext was involved as far as
England is concerned is proved by the fact that already on the
afternoon of Aug. 2, that is, prior to the violation of Belgium
neutrality by Germany, Sir Edward Grey assured the French
Ambassador unconditionally of the help of England in case the
German fleet attacked the French coast.

Moral scruple, however, the English policy does not know. And thus
the English people, who always posed as the protagonist of freedom
and right, has allied itself with Russia, the representative of the
most terrible barbarism, a country that knows no spiritual or no
religious freedom, that tramples upon the freedom of peoples as
well as of individuals. Already England is beginning to recognize
that she has made a mistake in her calculations, and that Germany
will master her enemies. She is therefore trying by the pettiest
means to injure Germany as much as possible in her commerce and
colonies, by instigating Japan, regardless of the consequences to
the cultural community of the white race, to a pillaging expedition
against Kiao-Chau, and leading the negroes in Africa to fight
against the Germans in the colonies.

Having strangled the news service of Germany to the whole world,
and having opened the campaign against us with a falsehood, England
will tell your countrymen that the German troops burned down
Belgian villages and cities, but will pass over in silence the fact
that Belgian girls gouged out the eyes of defenseless wounded.
Officials of Belgian cities have invited our officers to dinner and
shot and killed them across the table. Contrary to all
international law, the whole civilian population of Belgium was
called out, and after having at first shown friendliness, carried
on in the rear of our troops a terrible warfare with concealed
weapons.

Belgian women cut the throats of soldiers whom they had quartered
in their homes while they were sleeping. England also will say
nothing of the dumdum bullets which are being used by the English
and French despite all conventions and their hypocritical
proclamations of humanity, which can be seen here in their original
packing as they w