+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | [Illustration] | | | | =NOTICE AND ADVICE.= | | | | =TO THE CITIZENS OF LONDON.= | | | | | | I ADDRESS YOU SERIOUSLY. | | | | We are neighbours, and in time of peace cordial relations have always | | existed between us. I therefore address you from my heart in the cause | | of humanity. | | | | Germany is at war with England. We have been forced to penetrate | | into your country. | | | | But each human life spared, and all property saved, we regard as in the | | interests of both religion and humanity. | | | | We are at war, and both sides have fought a loyal fight. | | | | Our desire is, however, to spare disarmed citizens and the inhabitants | | of all towns and villages. | | | | We maintain a severe discipline, and we wish to have it known that | | punishment of the severest character will be inflicted upon any who are | | guilty of hostility to the Imperial German arms, either open or in | | secret. | | | | To our regret any incitements, cruelties, or brutalities we must judge | | with equal severity. | | | | I therefore call upon all local mayors, magistrates, clergy, and | | schoolmasters to urge upon the populace, and upon the heads of families, | | to urge upon those under their protection, and upon their domestics, to | | refrain from committing any act of hostility whatsoever against my | | soldiers.