Charles Sumner: “The war was declared because the Emperor thought himself ready, and a…”

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The war was declared because the Emperor thought himself ready, and a pretext was found in the affair of the telegram.

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Sumner argues that the war was declared based on a pretext related to a telegram incident.

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Charles Sumner: “The war was declared because the Emperor thought himself ready, and a pretext was found in the affair of the telegram.”