So you propose to protect the right to free speech by destroying the right to free speech. Ah, how wise. I wish I had the vision you possess.
-Amedee Dupointe
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So you propose to protect the right to free speech by destroying the right to free speech. Ah, how wise. I wish I had the vision you possess.
-Amedee Dupointe
Thank you for the report. I asked about Russia when our situation seemed dire, yet now it seems unnecessary. It is a shame the Spanish are being so stubborn but luckily we did not need them.
Have we sent out any diplomats to any Asian or American countries in order to being them under our influence?
((Also, do we have anyone in our SOI?))
Military Honours and Decoration Act: Aye - These decorations are for recogthe bravery and valour of the common soldiers and sailors who have delivered Belgium in its hour of need. I fully support such recognition that our military success is not limited to the generals and admirals.
Wartime Unity and Secret Police Act: Nay - As I ahave previously stated, any measures to regulate the printing of material during the war can be handled by odinance from the Committee for the Motherland, rather than legislation, as ordinances are for such short term emergencies whereas legislation is of more permanent nature. If the need for such legislation ever existed, it is now long past.
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To the Cabinet
I congratulate on your work to date but our job is only half done. We will seek a just and fair peace which reflects Belgium's sacrifice and broader interests, and in particular, seeks to put in place measures to ensure that this catastrophic war is never visited upon our fair Nation and Europe in our life times.
I request the Cabinet to attend on the following:
- To the Minster of Foreign Affairs - I have noted your report. I believe we should continue with our efforts to have the Spanish join our cause as this will further hasten the end of the war. I also agree that we should not involve the Russians as they may create more problems than they solve. I also await your report on peace negotiations and proposed terms in due course.
- To the Chief of General Staff - I await your report on the Spring Offensive. I believe we should be aiming for Paris to knock the French out of the War. Could you please consider the option of an amphibious operation with the reinforcements from the Corps d'Afrique, which are in transit, particularly against any undefended ports around the Pas de Calais or Normandy, in order to further divert the enemy's forces.
- To the Minister for Finance - Could you please advise as to the state of our finances and in particular our nett deficit or surplus.
- To the Minister for Commerce - I understand from the Minister for Finance that we currently lack the funds to build new factories. However, with an eye to a peace coming sooner than later, please advise as to the current status of our industry as how they have weathered the enemy's raids.
- To the Minister for the Interior - Please take steps to disband all militia operating within Belgium. Any units wishing to fight can be transferred to the Army which could use the reinforcements. Any man not willing to fight within the Army is to be disarmed and sent home where they will be of greater use in working on the farms and factories than in alarming the populace with reckless displays of bravado whilst the real action is miles away.
Action this day
Frederic Burke
Prime Minister
Wartime Unity and Secret Police Act: Nay - As I ahave previously stated, any measures to regulate the printing of material during the war can be handled by odinance from the Committee for the Motherland, rather than legislation, as ordinances are for such short term emergencies whereas legislation is of more permanent nature. If the need for such legislation ever existed, it is now long past.
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To the Cabinet
I congratulate on your work to date but our job is only half done. We will seek a just and fair peace which reflects Belgium's sacrifice and broader interests, and in particular, seeks to put in place measures to ensure that this catastrophic war is never visited upon our fair Nation and Europe in our life times.
I request the Cabinet to attend on the following:
- To the Minster of Foreign Affairs - I have noted your report. I believe we should continue with our efforts to have the Spanish join our cause as this will further hasten the end of the war. I also agree that we should not involve the Russians as they may create more problems than they solve. I also await your report on peace negotiations and proposed terms in due course.
- To the Chief of General Staff - I await your report on the Spring Offensive. I believe we should be aiming for Paris to knock the French out of the War. Could you please consider the option of an amphibious operation with the reinforcements from the Corps d'Afrique, which are in transit, particularly against any undefended ports around the Pas de Calais or Normandy, in order to further divert the enemy's forces.
- To the Minister for Finance - Could you please advise as to the state of our finances and in particular our nett deficit or surplus.
- To the Minister for Commerce - I understand from the Minister for Finance that we currently lack the funds to build new factories. However, with an eye to a peace coming sooner than later, please advise as to the current status of our industry as how they have weathered the enemy's raids.
- To the Minister for the Interior - Please take steps to disband all militia operating within Belgium. Any units wishing to fight can be transferred to the Army which could use the reinforcements. Any man not willing to fight within the Army is to be disarmed and sent home where they will be of greater use in working on the farms and factories than in alarming the populace with reckless displays of bravado whilst the real action is miles away.
Action this day
Frederic Burke
Prime Minister
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE STAFF.
FAO: NATIONAL DEFENCE COMMITTEE.
THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE PERUSAL OF THE AFORESAID INDIVIDUALS.
Strategic National Directive No. 10.
PLAN BATAVIA.
FAO: NATIONAL DEFENCE COMMITTEE.
THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE PERUSAL OF THE AFORESAID INDIVIDUALS.
Strategic National Directive No. 10.
PLAN BATAVIA.
Having secured the immediate security of Belgium pursuant to Plan Fortress, the Armed Forces shall shift to an aggressive posture.
On the advisement of the Minister of Colonial Affairs, a minimum reserve of 60,000 troops is to be maintained in Belgian Africa at all times. The remainder of the Africa Corps are to reinforce the European theatre. Once the Grand Fleet has imposed sufficient dominance on the Manche to facilitate safe passage for the Support Fleet, the Africa Corps shall be deployed at Le Havre. The condition is that Le Havre is unfortified by French troops. If not, then the Corps shall deploy at another port in Normandy; if all ports in Normandy are fortified, the Corps shall deploy at Calais; if all ports in northern France are fortified, then the Corps shall deploy at Zeebrugge and thence join with the Metropolitan Army Group. Assuming the successful deployment of the Africa Corps, an allied front shall be established from Le Havre/Calais to Picardie to Nancy.
The Belgian Africa Corps shall move on the right to divert French forces from the centre, and then swing to assist in the offensive against that city. The British Expeditionary Force shall advance on Paris from the centre. The Belgian Central Command (hereafter Central Army) shall pivot to assist the Eastern Command (hereafter Eastern Army) in breaking the back of the French 2nd Army Group. Following this, both armies shall assist in the offensive against Paris. The intention is to simultaneously disperse French reinforcements towards the northern coast while concentrating the rump forces around Paris, where they will be caught in a three-pronged assault by the allied forces. The Belgian 2nd Corps, while still assisting the offensive, is to form the rearguard during these operations in case the French evade our naval screen or bypass our offensive to infiltrate the homeland.
The objective is to capture the French forces in a pocket centred on Paris. A successful offensive against these positions would then seize the enemy capital and break the bulk of their forces in a single action. This is assuming the maximum success of the offensive, however. The minimum success would be to advance the front further away from the homeland and closer to the enemy, pressuring them to accept terms of peace.
Signed.
SUP. GEN. X. P. F. THADDEE.
CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE STAFF.
SUP. GEN. X. P. F. THADDEE.
CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE STAFF.
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I must commend the Prime Minister for this decision. I was surprised at he request of Jean di Picardie, the new Minister of Wallonia, to form a militia and his assumption that he would lead it himself! The Generals are responsible for coordinating the defence of the nation and determining where troops are needed. Not politicians. The idea is quite preposterous and says much about M. di Picardie's judgment.
We already had a full mobilization so I am also a bit puzzled where this "militia" came from, wouldn't all healthy fighting age men have been mobilized for the Army? Did M. di Picardie withhold men from the Army so he could attempt to form his own private army? This is quite a serious affair and the people of Wallonia demand an explanation.
After this Chamber last sat before the Winter recess, I feared that it would be my hard lot as Prime Minister to announce the greatest military disaster to have befallen our Nation in its brief history. Our German allies in retreat, our British friends' Expeditionary Army recoiling from the shock of battle, our beleaguered Belgian forces bravely holding the De Graaf line at their greatest peril. France in all its hubris had swaggered into the Rhineland and the Austrian Kaiser considered the war as good as won, and was dividing the spoils in his wicked imagination, with his rapacious confederates eager for their share. I feared, and many good judges agreed, that we would be lucky to last until the New Year, with our army outflanked and outnumbered, our countryside overrun and our cities occupied, our Army, a source of pride to the Nation and the very soul of our people, struck down in the futile defence of our hearth and home. This was the hard and heavy news which I feared to unfold to a country who had only recently placed the ultimate trust in my leadership in this hour of peril.
You can then imagine not only my joy but also pride to overflowing, that the schemes of this Government of National Unity have come to such a bountiful fruition. Our Minister of Foreign Affairs, relying upon the known Machiavellian moods native to our Latin allies, through reason and persuasive logic, pulled off the diplomatic coup of the war in rightly pointing out to the Italian people that they had more to gain from being our friend than our rival.
However, the Minister’s task would have been nigh impossible if we could not demonstrate that our call to arms was not just a last desperate shriek in retreat. The boldness of the advance of the Army under the Chief of Staff, General Thaddee, and their success, which Fortune so often rewards for such audacity, convinced the Italians and their Balkan friends that the French and Austrian armies not only could be beaten but could be thrashed by a smaller force, fighting with elan and initiative, and armed with the best weapons that science can afford to the modern soldier. And so, success on the battlefield became success at the negotiating table, to all of our mutual benefit.
Meanwhile, the other ministers, in less conspicuous but no less vital tasks, have held this great State together. All have done their duty, and more, to the best of their talents, comrades in arms, without egos or petty rivalry, Conservative working with Radical, Reactionary with Socialist, for political theory meant naught to preserving the Belgian people and their future.We have passed through a great crucible and been found to be worthy of those great men who served Belgium in its tumultuous past, including both my grand father and my father, as well as the recently departed M. van Brabant, M. Poisson, M. Daret and the great Marechal Diaz.
However, we must not get ahead of ourselves. Many more days of hard fighting lie in front of us. Battles will be fought, some won and some lost. Men will be killed fighting for their Belgium. But the sacrifice shall not be in vain as we move towards a victory which will not only end the pernicious schemes of our foes but allow Belgium and Europe to once more tread the road to Freedom and Prosperity for all.
This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it may well be the end of the beginning. I have full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to shatter our enemy’s armies, to ride out the storm of war, and to cast down the menace of tyranny. At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of this Government - every man and woman of them. That is the will of the Army, the Navy and the Nation. The Belgium Kingdom, the British Empire and the North German Federation, linked together in their cause and in their need, will fight together, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength until the job is finished.
Frederic Burke
Prime Minister
You can then imagine not only my joy but also pride to overflowing, that the schemes of this Government of National Unity have come to such a bountiful fruition. Our Minister of Foreign Affairs, relying upon the known Machiavellian moods native to our Latin allies, through reason and persuasive logic, pulled off the diplomatic coup of the war in rightly pointing out to the Italian people that they had more to gain from being our friend than our rival.
However, the Minister’s task would have been nigh impossible if we could not demonstrate that our call to arms was not just a last desperate shriek in retreat. The boldness of the advance of the Army under the Chief of Staff, General Thaddee, and their success, which Fortune so often rewards for such audacity, convinced the Italians and their Balkan friends that the French and Austrian armies not only could be beaten but could be thrashed by a smaller force, fighting with elan and initiative, and armed with the best weapons that science can afford to the modern soldier. And so, success on the battlefield became success at the negotiating table, to all of our mutual benefit.
Meanwhile, the other ministers, in less conspicuous but no less vital tasks, have held this great State together. All have done their duty, and more, to the best of their talents, comrades in arms, without egos or petty rivalry, Conservative working with Radical, Reactionary with Socialist, for political theory meant naught to preserving the Belgian people and their future.We have passed through a great crucible and been found to be worthy of those great men who served Belgium in its tumultuous past, including both my grand father and my father, as well as the recently departed M. van Brabant, M. Poisson, M. Daret and the great Marechal Diaz.
However, we must not get ahead of ourselves. Many more days of hard fighting lie in front of us. Battles will be fought, some won and some lost. Men will be killed fighting for their Belgium. But the sacrifice shall not be in vain as we move towards a victory which will not only end the pernicious schemes of our foes but allow Belgium and Europe to once more tread the road to Freedom and Prosperity for all.
This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it may well be the end of the beginning. I have full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to shatter our enemy’s armies, to ride out the storm of war, and to cast down the menace of tyranny. At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of this Government - every man and woman of them. That is the will of the Army, the Navy and the Nation. The Belgium Kingdom, the British Empire and the North German Federation, linked together in their cause and in their need, will fight together, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength until the job is finished.
Frederic Burke
Prime Minister
For starters, this force Was and is for the defense of my state on Belgium as a whole, the Flemish munity showed that this state is far from harmonious. As for the manpower, it was coming from civilians that want to be a part of the war effort, yet can't, the police be a good example of this. However, I submit to the wishes of the Prime minister. The Wallonian Civil guard is now Forfeit.((Well that lasted long, didn't it?))
Situation on the western front, April 1904
Additional information:
(Name - Infantry/Cavalry/Artillery - present strength)
Components of the 1st Army:
1st Corps (Thaddee) - 3/1/3 - 17,300
10th Regiment - 2/0/1 - 3,300
2nd Auxiliaries - 10/1/2 - 18,000
5th Auxiliaries - 6/1/2 - 18,700
2nd Reservists - 4/0/0 - 900
9th Reservists - 17/0/0 - 38,800
2nd Army:
4th Division, 2nd Corps (Lebeau) - 4/0/2 - 5,900
7th Reservists (DeWitt) - 15/0/0 - 26,900
14th Reservists - 18/0/1 - 41,800
Having received the latest intelligence concerning our dispositions, the following addendum shall be made to Plan Batavia:
The Africa Corps shall directly reinforce the Metropolitan Army Group. British forces are more than sufficient to hold the right of our common front, but without immediate assistance, the left may succumb to quagmire. Worse still, the Franco-Bavarian forces, having recovered their strength and with the assistance of incoming troops, could succeed in breaking the Federal front and again flanking the DeGraff line. Nothing would then stand between them and Brussels save for Brigade-General Tillen's command. As such, it is imperative that this sector be quickly reinforced. Thus strengthened, Belgian forces would launch a coordinated assault on the positions of the French 28th and 2rd Corps (with German assistance). This would have the added benefit of potentially detaching these forces from the rest of the French Army and thus wedging them between the Belgian forces at their rear and the Federal forces at their anterior. In the interim, the rout of the French 2nd Army shall continue, preferably diverting them from France proper and the defence of Paris.
The Africa Corps shall directly reinforce the Metropolitan Army Group. British forces are more than sufficient to hold the right of our common front, but without immediate assistance, the left may succumb to quagmire. Worse still, the Franco-Bavarian forces, having recovered their strength and with the assistance of incoming troops, could succeed in breaking the Federal front and again flanking the DeGraff line. Nothing would then stand between them and Brussels save for Brigade-General Tillen's command. As such, it is imperative that this sector be quickly reinforced. Thus strengthened, Belgian forces would launch a coordinated assault on the positions of the French 28th and 2rd Corps (with German assistance). This would have the added benefit of potentially detaching these forces from the rest of the French Army and thus wedging them between the Belgian forces at their rear and the Federal forces at their anterior. In the interim, the rout of the French 2nd Army shall continue, preferably diverting them from France proper and the defence of Paris.
Supreme-General
Xavier-Pierre Florian Thaddée
GKLS DSO POM FPS
Chief of the Defence Staff
Xavier-Pierre Florian Thaddée
GKLS DSO POM FPS
Chief of the Defence Staff
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Three cheers for Burke and Thaddee! I think both men deserve a new award that someone can make up.
I have never been prouder to serve Belgium. Let's hope we can build a better and fairer world after the war.
-Amedee Dupointe
((34th army for Britain!
Or is that just a name of a stack?))
I have never been prouder to serve Belgium. Let's hope we can build a better and fairer world after the war.
-Amedee Dupointe
((34th army for Britain!
Or is that just a name of a stack?))
Military Honors and Declarations Act, 1904: Yes
Wartime Unity and Secret Police Act: No
BSU
The Act to establish a Secret Police is a cowardly, disgraceful proposition. The proposer should retire from public life to a monastery to render penance for his foolishness, and those who have supported the Act should, if there were any justice in the world, hide their heads in shame.
Pieter Hendrickx, Deputy from Brussels.
Wartime Unity and Secret Police Act: No
BSU
The Act to establish a Secret Police is a cowardly, disgraceful proposition. The proposer should retire from public life to a monastery to render penance for his foolishness, and those who have supported the Act should, if there were any justice in the world, hide their heads in shame.
Pieter Hendrickx, Deputy from Brussels.
Maybe we should make the RU illegal. it is clear their views are out of the touch with Belgium and they seek to destroy our constitution. If anyone is a traitor it is the RU.
THE PEOPLE’S ARMY OF BELGIUM
Lt. General Pierre Maurice Pilon
Lt. General Pierre Maurice Pilon
The actions of the People’s Army, in conjunction with those of our noble British allies, have dislodged the vile French hordes from threatening our glorious Fatherland for the moment at least. However, as this patriotic militia is simply that, a public militia formed to defend the Fatherland when the national armies proved wholly incapable, is sadly bereft of highly needed supplies and armaments that overflow the armies of General Thadee, our great champion. To wit, the People’s Army formally requests to be made an irregular force within the Belgian military so that at last these proud citizens of our glorious and unbeaten Fatherland may at last be able to fight against our foes, the craven French and the Hunnic Austrians, without any impediments.
However, should the government refrain from officially supporting the Fatherland’s own citizens, who even as I write are beating back the purveyors of tyranny and subjugation, then I weep for this nation.
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Military Honors and Declarations Act, 1904: Yea
Wartime Unity and Secret Police Act: Yea
I am most concerned that some of our own politicians are now calling for the banning of certain political movements; surely we have advanced past such pettiness and power ploys.
To my dearest General Thaddee,
I have noted your latest revision to the strategic plans for the coming offensive. I am naturally disappointed that we will not be undertaking the amphibious assault on our opponent's exposed coastline. I personally believe that such a blow to the soft underbelly of the French crocodile may provide a tenfold reward and a sooner victory than having to slog our way through the Ardennes forests. However, I defer to your greater wisdom and proven military talents in such matters, although I hope you will not mind if I continue to suggest refinements to your strategems. My consolation is the delights that await us once we reach the Champagne province and then onwards to Paris in triumph upon the successful implementation of your plans.
Our control of the sea and La Manche in particular is of vital strategic importance to maintain the link with our British allies and to isolate France from reinforcement from its colonies. Please pass on my commendations to Admiral Dieric and his men, and ask that they continue to perform their duty to their utmost in removing any fresh threats to our control of the waters, and if possible to blockade the more important ports of the French, to hamper their commerce and supplies.
I remain, dear sir, your devoted friend
Frederic Burke
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To His Highness, Francois, King of Belgium and its possessions in Africa and the East Indies
Your Majesty
I regret that I have not been able to attend upon you in person as much as I would have liked, to impart upon you the progress of the Great War before us, and to seek your counsel in its prosecution. I hope the daily briefing papers have given you some appreciation of the exigencies which your loyal Government has had to work under over the last year.
We have, I hope, now turned the tide. The end may not be in sight but its certainty in our favour is now assured. I thank you and your family for the decision to remain in Belgium at the time of our greatest peril. The knowledge of your presence in Belgium, sharing in the hardship of your people, gave great heart to the common man and woman.
It is to this end that I make a humble request. It would assist the national morale greatly if your Majesty were seen to be touring the troops, at a discrete distance from the front lines, and to visit the towns of Belgium which suffered most from the French attacks. Such tours would be widely reported in the press, not only in the Belgium but also the rest of the World, to impress upon the International Community the injustices which we have suffered at the hands of our foes, the unity and determination of the Belgian people to fight against such tyranny, and the need for the final peace to reflect Belgium's contribution to final victory.
I would be happy to liaise further with your private secretary in this regard at your earliest convenience.
Your humble servant
Frederic Burke
Prime Minister
I have noted your latest revision to the strategic plans for the coming offensive. I am naturally disappointed that we will not be undertaking the amphibious assault on our opponent's exposed coastline. I personally believe that such a blow to the soft underbelly of the French crocodile may provide a tenfold reward and a sooner victory than having to slog our way through the Ardennes forests. However, I defer to your greater wisdom and proven military talents in such matters, although I hope you will not mind if I continue to suggest refinements to your strategems. My consolation is the delights that await us once we reach the Champagne province and then onwards to Paris in triumph upon the successful implementation of your plans.
Our control of the sea and La Manche in particular is of vital strategic importance to maintain the link with our British allies and to isolate France from reinforcement from its colonies. Please pass on my commendations to Admiral Dieric and his men, and ask that they continue to perform their duty to their utmost in removing any fresh threats to our control of the waters, and if possible to blockade the more important ports of the French, to hamper their commerce and supplies.
I remain, dear sir, your devoted friend
Frederic Burke
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To His Highness, Francois, King of Belgium and its possessions in Africa and the East Indies
Your Majesty
I regret that I have not been able to attend upon you in person as much as I would have liked, to impart upon you the progress of the Great War before us, and to seek your counsel in its prosecution. I hope the daily briefing papers have given you some appreciation of the exigencies which your loyal Government has had to work under over the last year.
We have, I hope, now turned the tide. The end may not be in sight but its certainty in our favour is now assured. I thank you and your family for the decision to remain in Belgium at the time of our greatest peril. The knowledge of your presence in Belgium, sharing in the hardship of your people, gave great heart to the common man and woman.
It is to this end that I make a humble request. It would assist the national morale greatly if your Majesty were seen to be touring the troops, at a discrete distance from the front lines, and to visit the towns of Belgium which suffered most from the French attacks. Such tours would be widely reported in the press, not only in the Belgium but also the rest of the World, to impress upon the International Community the injustices which we have suffered at the hands of our foes, the unity and determination of the Belgian people to fight against such tyranny, and the need for the final peace to reflect Belgium's contribution to final victory.
I would be happy to liaise further with your private secretary in this regard at your earliest convenience.
Your humble servant
Frederic Burke
Prime Minister
Sir, when the Communists hang you for association with the present conflict, perhaps you will reconsider the treasonous persona.
Léon-Philippe van de Werve, "the New Beaufforist" Baron of Schlide, Party Leader of the Regalist Union, Minister of War.
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As formal commander of the Homeguard, I promise the people of Belgium that I shall do all within my power to ensure the safety of the state and its citizens. Supreme-General Thaddée has mastermined not only our defence, but also our counter-attack, and I place my full faith in him and my fellow generals that we shall see Belgium safely through this conflict and into the peace as a victorious nation.
- Brigadier-General Tillens
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I insist Pierre Maurice Pilon desist his clear slander, and that the government act immediately to dissuade him from continuing his blatant lies
- Random deputy of Parliament
- Brigadier-General Tillens
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I insist Pierre Maurice Pilon desist his clear slander, and that the government act immediately to dissuade him from continuing his blatant lies
- Random deputy of Parliament
I call for a warrant of arrest to be issued for Pilon. If he does not surrender to the legitimate forces of the Belgian state he is to be declared an enemy combatant. His private army is wholly illegal and is a rebel force threatening the crown and state of Belgium. He is traitor and deserves to be hanged publicly.
An open letter to the good Member of Parliament,
Dear Monsieur,
I would ask of your excellency to inform me of my slander, for have I not spoken the truth plainly? Has not the armed force, known as the People's Army, served with honour and dignity during both the Flemish crisis and these early months of this most great and terrible war, with a complete and utter lack of recognition from the press and the government? Or does the good Member of Parliament find the valour and moral supremeness of the Fatherland's finest, the creme of the crop as it were, lacking in the face of the French and the Austrians, both of whom we all recognise to be contemptible, subhuman cretins not fit to breath the same air or stride upon the same earth as any true Belgianman? Monsieur, I must insist that if you continue to make lies of a commanding officer, and refuse to acknowledge the bravery and most noble and commendable sacrifice of the common Belgian, who I believe you rightly profess to serve, then I have no other choice but to ask you to forfeit your seat in favour of a man who will recognise such courage; perhaps you would do well to visit the front, perhaps even speak with the wounded men of the People's Army, most of whom your government refuses to provide with arms and equipment despite our best efforts.
Sincerely,
Pierre Maurice Pilon, Lt General and Commander of the People's Army
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An open letter to Henri Renard, "the Traitor of Belgium"
You treasonous swine,
You and your contemptible lot of hens, who would see fit to command the war from your armchairs and safely shielded miles away from the front, are the most rotten ,despicable, and wholly disgusting creatures to curse the hallowed halls of the Belgian Parliament, quite possibly on a par with those disgusting monstrosities that our brave men in the front, the People's Army most of all, have been giving their lives fighting against in the defence of our Fatherland! You, who would seek to dismantle volunteers, farmers and merchants, veterans and commonfolk, all of whom are so wholly committed to the protection of the great Fatherland, our HOMELAND, is without question the most horrific thing I have ever heard! Will we tell the men in the recruitment halls to go home next? Or, God forbid, if the French dogs enter into the Fatherland's blessed and bountiful land, that any partisans rising up against those tyrants and beasts be dismissed and called traitors?
Sir, if any man deserves to be arrested, it is you; you are a cancer to the society of Belgium, whilst the likes of Thadee, Lebeau, and the People's Army devote their entire being to our just and noble cause! We will not tolerate the advancement of your defeatist and treasonous political agenda!
P.M. Pilon, from the front to the cushioned couch of Monsiur Renard
Dear Monsieur,
I would ask of your excellency to inform me of my slander, for have I not spoken the truth plainly? Has not the armed force, known as the People's Army, served with honour and dignity during both the Flemish crisis and these early months of this most great and terrible war, with a complete and utter lack of recognition from the press and the government? Or does the good Member of Parliament find the valour and moral supremeness of the Fatherland's finest, the creme of the crop as it were, lacking in the face of the French and the Austrians, both of whom we all recognise to be contemptible, subhuman cretins not fit to breath the same air or stride upon the same earth as any true Belgianman? Monsieur, I must insist that if you continue to make lies of a commanding officer, and refuse to acknowledge the bravery and most noble and commendable sacrifice of the common Belgian, who I believe you rightly profess to serve, then I have no other choice but to ask you to forfeit your seat in favour of a man who will recognise such courage; perhaps you would do well to visit the front, perhaps even speak with the wounded men of the People's Army, most of whom your government refuses to provide with arms and equipment despite our best efforts.
Sincerely,
Pierre Maurice Pilon, Lt General and Commander of the People's Army
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An open letter to Henri Renard, "the Traitor of Belgium"
You treasonous swine,
You and your contemptible lot of hens, who would see fit to command the war from your armchairs and safely shielded miles away from the front, are the most rotten ,despicable, and wholly disgusting creatures to curse the hallowed halls of the Belgian Parliament, quite possibly on a par with those disgusting monstrosities that our brave men in the front, the People's Army most of all, have been giving their lives fighting against in the defence of our Fatherland! You, who would seek to dismantle volunteers, farmers and merchants, veterans and commonfolk, all of whom are so wholly committed to the protection of the great Fatherland, our HOMELAND, is without question the most horrific thing I have ever heard! Will we tell the men in the recruitment halls to go home next? Or, God forbid, if the French dogs enter into the Fatherland's blessed and bountiful land, that any partisans rising up against those tyrants and beasts be dismissed and called traitors?
Sir, if any man deserves to be arrested, it is you; you are a cancer to the society of Belgium, whilst the likes of Thadee, Lebeau, and the People's Army devote their entire being to our just and noble cause! We will not tolerate the advancement of your defeatist and treasonous political agenda!
P.M. Pilon, from the front to the cushioned couch of Monsiur Renard
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Apparently Monsieur Renard cares little regarding actual traitors.
Lt General P.M. Pilon