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The third pledge is one which, if not directly made,

is implied in all Mr. Lloyd George's speeches. It is the pledge to fight German influences, and to fight them to the uttermost, wherever they are to be found, whether at home or abroad. But the Government know, and can no longer deny, that the Sinn Fein organization is an organization working not indirectly but directly with our German enemies, and that Sinn Feiners and those who support Sinn Fein, whatever their local and temporary excuses may be, must be treated as enemies of the nation.

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