03/12/1916
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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."
"The military masters of Germany denied us the right to be neutral."
"It is plain enough how we were forced into the war."
"What great nation in such circumstances would not have taken up arms?"