"Against our honesty is set di honour, against our faithfulness is treachery, against our justice is brute force, There, in clear and unshakeable opposition, lie the forces that now confront one another. The great uprising of peoples throughout the Empire shows without doubt which will prevail.
"They have risen in just wrath against a thing which they detest and despise. Nothing can shake their resolution. In perfect unity of purpose, they will defend their life and all that makes life worth living.
"Let no one think that my confidence is dimmed when I tell you how perilous is the ordeal which we are facing. On the contrary, it shines in my heart as brightly as it shines in yours. But confidence alone is not enough. It must be armed with courage and resolution, with endurance and self-sacrifice. These are the high qualities that men of the Homeland and men from overseas, in an unending stream, are bringing to the struggle on land, sea and in the air.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.