812 ONE THOUSAND FAMOUS THINGS
Sir Edward Grey Speaking
SIB EDWAUD energetically rose ; his figure straightened, Ms eyes
were fairly flashing.
" England would be for ever contemptible/5 Sir Edward said,
" if we should sit by and see this treaty violated. We have told
Germany that if this assault on Belgium's neutrality is not reversed
England will declare war."
" Do you expect Germany to accept it ? " asked the Ambassador.
Sir Edward shook his head.
" No. Of course everybody knows that there will be war."
There was a moment's pause, and then the Foreign Secf^Scy
spoke again.
" Yet we must remember that there are two Germanys. There
is the Germany of men like ourselves—of men like Lichnowsky and
wagow. Then there is the Germany of men of the war party. The
Jar party has got the upper hand."
At this point Sir Edward's eyes filled with tears.
" Thus the efforts of a lifetime go for nothing. I feel like a man
who has wasted his life."
" I came away," the Ambassador said, " with a sort of stunned
sense of the impending ruin of half the world."
From the Life of Walter Page, Ambassador
Peace and Justice Shall Reign
r^iEEMANY has once more said that force and force alone shall
Vjf" decide whether peace and justice shall reign in the affairs of man.
There is but one response possible from us—force, force to the
utmost, force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant
force that shall make Right the law of the world and cast every
selfish dominion down in the dust.
President Wilson on America coming into the War
The British People to America's Soldiers
QOLDIEES of the United States, the people of the British Isles wel-
v5 come you on your way to take your stand beside the armies of
many nations now fighting in the Old World the battle for human
freedom. The Allies will gain new heart and spirit in your company,
I wish I could shake the hand of each one of you and bid you god-
speed on your mission. King George's welcome to the first American
army that ever touched our shores