09/14/1919
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"They impudently denied us the use of the high seas and repeatedly executed their threat that they would send to their death any of our people who ventured to approach the coasts of Europe."
"Their plan was to throw a broad belt of German military power and political control across the very centre of Europe and beyond the Mediterranean into the heart of Asia."
"Look how things stand."
"We are accountable at the bar of history and must plead in utter frankness what purpose it is we seek to serve."