09/24/1916
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"We are not dealing with the kind of document which this is represented by some gentlemen to be."
"I ordered their sons being put in the most difficult parts of the battle line, where death was certain, as in the impenetrable difficulties of the forest of Argonne."
"There is no validity in a vote, either by the council or the assembly, in which we do not concur."
"The council advises, and it cannot advise without the vote of the United States."