. War echoes; or Germany and Austria in the crisis .. . nerals, and simpleand alone, without decoration or at-tendance, the Emperor in his fielduniform. With hope and confidencein his voice, the Kaiser read hisspeech. As this man in this hour heldthe responsibility for the history ofGermany in his hands, as this manstepped from the platform, he saidthose few words which will alwayshave an Immense importance in Ger-man political history: What I toldmy beloved people of Berlin from thebalcony of the palace, I repeat toyou: From today I know no distinc-tion in rank, no diversity of parties,no dif
. War echoes; or Germany and Austria in the crisis .. . nerals, and simpleand alone, without decoration or at-tendance, the Emperor in his fielduniform. With hope and confidencein his voice, the Kaiser read hisspeech. As this man in this hour heldthe responsibility for the history ofGermany in his hands, as this manstepped from the platform, he saidthose few words which will alwayshave an Immense importance in Ger-man political history: What I toldmy beloved people of Berlin from thebalcony of the palace, I repeat toyou: From today I know no distinc-tion in rank, no diversity of parties,no difference of religions. I am aGerman with my German people andI call on the leaders of all parties toswear the same oath with me and toconfirm it by laying their hand Inmine. As these men stepped for-ward to shake the hand of the Em-peror, the spirit of a great hour fellover the assembled thousands and as. we sang the National Anthem, I canassure you it sounded different froma school festival or a veterans anni-versary. 184 THE|ALLIANCE AND THEIR ALLIES. IS THE KAISER THE IRON CROSSThe Order of the Iron Cross for Mili-tary Merit was founded by the Kaisersgreat-grandfather during the wars ofGerman Liberation THE KAISERS NEW YEARGREETINGS. To the German Army and the GermanNavy:— After five months of long, difficultand violent fighting,we enter into theNew Year. Brilliant victories have been won,great successes attained. The Germanarmy stands in the enemys territoryalmost on every side. Repeated at-tempts of the enemy to flood the Ger-man soil with their multitudinousarmies have met with failure. Myships have covered themselves withfame on all seas. Their crews haveproven that they can not only fighttheir way to victory, but that they areable, when overwhelmed by superiornumbers, to meet death heroically. Behind the army and the fleet standsthe German people in unexampledunity, ready to offer their dearest pos-sessions for the sacred domestic hearth,which we are defendi
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