Germany: "Till now you have left the fighting to me and kept splendidly neutral—don't part from that splendid attitude!"
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We regret the rupture with a nation who, by her history, seemed to be predestined to work together with us, not against us, for common ideals. But since our honest desire for peace has only encountered hostile ridicule on the part of our enemies, there is no more "going back," but only "ahead" possible for us.
German Memorandum, February 27, 1917.
