Methods of warfare: Charges of illegal and inhumane conduct on the part of belligerent forces—Attitude of the United States

[No attempt is here made to include all the charges and evidence submitted to the Department relative to alleged violations of the Hague regulations of war on land and other agreements designed to reduce the inhumanity and destructiveness of war, nor the demands for protests addressed to it by American citizens. The following selection of documents is designed primarily to set forth the attitude taken by the American Government toward the subject.]


[1285] The Secretary of State to the German Ambassador (Bernstorff)

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