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 :July 26: Germany promises not to annex Belgium.
 * July 27: England withdraws from the war.
 * July 28: Germany annexes Belgium, England declares war.
 * July 29: Germany promises not to annex France, England withdraws from the war.
 * July 30: Germany annexes France, England declares war.
 * July 31: Germany promises not to annex England.
 * Aug. 1: England withdraws from the war. Germany invades England.

How long is anybody expected to go on with that sort of game; or keep peace at that illimitable price? How long must we pursue a road in which promises are all fetishes in front of us;