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whole: the image is positioned in the upper third, with additional organic decoration in the bottom third. The title is
partially integrated and positioned in the upper centre, in black. The text is partially integrated and occupies the lower two thirds, in
black.
image: a depiction of the heraldic coats of arms of Germany and Austro-Hungary, with a pickelhaube helmet above them. On the left of the
coats of arms, there is a family group of an elderly man and woman with a young girl. To the right, two nuns kneel by the grave of a
soldier. A helmet rests on top of the simple wooden cross.
text: LES NATiONALiTÉS OPPRiMÉES
V Prouvé 1918
Regardez une carte de l'Europe: partout vous verrez l'Allemagne et l'Autriche-Hongrie s'annexer, par la violence et contre le gré des
populations des provinces entières.
L'Allemagne a martyrisé la Pologne; elle a amputé le Danemark; elle a arraché a la France l'Alsace-Lorraine; elle vient de dépouiller la
Russie et la Roumanie au moment même où elle leur offrait une prétendue paix sans indemnités ni annexions; elle réclame la suzeraineté de
la Belgique.
L'Autriche-Hongrie a pris sa part de la Pologne, elle maintient sous son joug des Serbes, des Tchéques, des Croates, elle fait régner la
terreur sur les terres Italiennes de Trente et de Trieste; elle s'est annexé peu de temps avant la guerre la Bosnie et l'Herzégovine, elle
aide les Turcs a égorger les Arméniens, les Bulgares à exercer leurs cruautés sur les paysans Serbes
Comment pourrait-il y avoir une paix durable tant que des puissances militaristes et ambitieuses opprimeront des nationalités qui aspirent
à la liberté!
La seule paix possible, c'est celle qui rendra aux peuples le droit de vivre de leur vie propre
La seule paix possible, c'est celle qui, assurant à jamais l'indépendance de la Belgique, rendra l'Alsace-Lorraine à la France, Trente et
Trieste à l'Italie et laissera les nationalités de l'Europe centrale se constituer normalement.
Imp BERGER-LEVRAULT Paris-Nancy
[The Oppressed National Groups. Look at a map of Europe: everywhere you will see Germany and Austria-Hungary annexing entire provinces,
through violence and against the wishes of the populations. Germany has tortured Poland; it has amputated Denmark; it has snatched Alsace-
Lorraine from France; it has just ravaged Russia and Rumania at the very time when it was offering them a supposed peace with no
indemnities to pay or annexations; it is claiming sovereignty over Belgium. Austria-Hungary has taken its share of Poland, it keeps Serbs,
Czechs and Croats under its yoke, it causes terror to reign in the Italian territories of Trento and Trieste; shortly before the war it
annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is helping the Turks to cut the Armenians’ throats, the Bulgarians to practise their cruelty on the Serb
peasants. How could there be a lasting peace as long as militaristic and ambitious powers oppress national groups that aspire to freedom!
The only possible peace is one which will restore to the peoples the right to lead their own lives. The only possible peace is one which,
ensuring the independence of Belgium for ever, restores Alsace-Lorraine to France, Trento and Trieste to Italy and leaves the national
groups of Central Europe to be constituted in a normal manner. Berger-Levrault Printers, Paris-Nancy.] | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Death FR. O civilian personnel WW1 French Home Front children political campaigns propaganda | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Imprimerie Berger-Levrault, Nancy, Paris, Strasbourg | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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