Slav Emperor Announces New Policies.
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Pledge of Czar Nicholas II. to Russia's Statesmen and Soldiers,
in Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Aug. 2.
War has been forced upon us. I hereby take a solemn pledge not to
conclude peace so long as a single enemy remains on Russian soil.
I wish godspeed to my soldiers represented here by the St.
Petersburg military district, and I am sure that they will fully
justify my confidence in them.
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