THE PEACE MOVE
Reading edition
BERLIN, AUGUST 6, 1914
(The Berlin papers declared that the population, mad with joy, drank champagne and danced in the streets.)
I draw the sword that with God's help I have kept all these years in the scabbard. I have drawn the sword which without victory and without honor I cannot sheath again. All of you will see to it that only in honor is it returned to the scabbard. You are my guaranty that I can dictate peace to my enemies.
The Kaiser to his Guards at Potsdam, August, 1914.
