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of the permanent neutrality of Belgium. This deliberate act 

 has changed the face of the case entirely and nothing can be 

 done but to fight and try to vindicate the authority of inter- 

 national law. 



I cannot tell you how I am suffering. I am entirely thrown 

 out of gear. I sometimes think I shall not live to see the end 

 of this dreadful war. 



Very truly yours, 



L. Oppenheim 1 



A dosed Albert in answer lamely regretted that Dr. Oppen- 

 keim had "seen fit to take a sentimental rather than 

 a legal view of the matter." But he had nothing 

 more to say, and so far as I know, did not again 

 appear in public as a defender of invasion. 



While in attendance at the University Associations 

 meeting at Princeton on November 6, I had a con- 

 ference with Dr. Morris Jastrow, the distinguished 

 Oriental scholar of the University of Pennsylvania, 

 and together we drew up a letter to the scholars of 

 Germany, an appeal for cooperation in restoring 

 peace in Europe. Several American professors signed 

 it, among them Dr. Joseph Swain of Swarthmore and 

 Dr. Edwin G. Conklin of Princeton. But we were 

 advised that it would be treated with scorn by the 

 recipients as an ineffective effort to influence great 

 world issues, and so it was never sent, a fact I now 

 regret. 2 



It had special reference to the notorious "Mani- 

 festo of the Ninety-three Intellectuals" (issued on 



1 In December, 1919, after five years of earnest public service to the cause 

 of his adopted country, Dr. Oppenheim passed away. 



2 See Appendix G (page 810). 



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