Luxemburg and her neighbours, a record of the political fortunes of the present Grand Duchy from the eve of the French Revolution to the great war, with a preliminary sketch of events from 963 to 1780 . n military uses. Naturally French air-craft dropped bombs on these when they could,whereby are killed civil inhabitants of our coun-try and also our soldiers, fighting as volunteerson the French front. Thus states an appealto President Wilson sent through the Americanambassador at Paris by some of the Luxembour-geois refugees. They declare that the 269,000inhabitants of their land were terroriz
Luxemburg and her neighbours, a record of the political fortunes of the present Grand Duchy from the eve of the French Revolution to the great war, with a preliminary sketch of events from 963 to 1780 . n military uses. Naturally French air-craft dropped bombs on these when they could,whereby are killed civil inhabitants of our coun-try and also our soldiers, fighting as volunteerson the French front. Thus states an appealto President Wilson sent through the Americanambassador at Paris by some of the Luxembour-geois refugees. They declare that the 269,000inhabitants of their land were terrorized over bythe invaders whose army is twice that thousand volunteers, ten per cent, of theentire male population of military age, are in theFrench armies. The petition, sent in the springof 1917, asks that the United States, in decidingher own participation in the conflict, may considerthat the violation of Luxemburgs neutraHty andof The Hague conventions, to which the UnitedStates was signatory, were added reasons for herjoining the Allies. Probably every detail of the events, the inten-tions, the pledges, the illusions and the disillu-sions of the early days of this world war will be. : i^3^^^^
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