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We must now summarize the events leading up to Mr.

Wilson's decision to take the step that has brought together—after a period of very dangerous soreness, as we have pointed out elsewhere— the two great branches of the English-speaking peoples. We look to the future with calmness and confidence in spite of the very heavy shadows that fall across our immediate path, for we feel that such a union cannot ultimately fail in its great purpose of serving humanity. The fateful German Note to America, which threw off all restraints, all decency, and every remaining fragment of humanity, was published in the papers of Friday week. Germany, said the Note, " must abandon the limitations oho has hitherto imposed upon herself." In other words, all the pledges given to Mr. Wilson are recalled.

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