, Germany proceeded to break
under our eyes the treaty which we and she had both signed, evidently
expecting Great Britain to be her timid accomplice, then even to the
most peace-loving Englishman hesitation became impossible. Belgium had
appealed to Great Britain to keep her word, and she kept it.

The German professors appear to think that Germany has in this matter
some considerable body of sympathizers in the universities of Great
Britain. They are gravely mistaken. Never within our lifetime has this
country been so united on any great political issue. We ourselves have a
real and deep admiration for German scholarship and science. We have
many ties with Germany, ties of comradeship, of respect, and of
affection. We grieve profoundly that, under the baleful influence of a
military system and its lawless dreams of conquest, she whom we once
honored now stands revealed as the common enemy of Europe and of all
peoples which respect the law of nations. We must carry on the war on
which we have entered. For us, as for Belgium, it is a war of defense,
waged for liberty and peace.

Sir CLIFFORD ALLBUTT, Regius Professor of Physics, Cambridge.

T.W. ALLEN, Reader in Greek, Oxford.

E. ARMSTRONG, Pro-Provost of Queen's College, Oxford.

E.V. ARNOLD, Professor of Latin, University College of North Wales.

Sir C.B. BALL, Regius Professor of Surgery, Dublin.

Sir THOMAS BARLOW, President of the Royal College of Physicians, London.

BERNARD BOSANQUET, formerly Professor of Moral Philosophy, St. Andrews.

A.C. BRADLEY, formerly Professor of Poetry, Oxford.

W.H. BRAGG, Cavendish Professor of Physics, Leeds.

Sir THOMAS BROCK, Membre d'honneur de la Societe des Artistes Francais.

A.J. BROWN, Professor of Biology and Chemistry of Fermentation,
University of Birmingham.

JOHN BURNET, Professor of Greek, St. Andrews.

J.B. BURY, Regius Professor of Modern History, Cambridge.

Sir W.W. CHEYNE, Professor of Clinical Surgery, King's College, London,
President of the Royal College of Surgeons.

J. NORMAN COLLIE, Professor of Organic Chemistry and Director of the
Chemical Laboratories, University College, London.

F.C. CONYBEARE, Honorary Fellow of University College, Oxford.

Sir HENRY CRAIK, M.P. for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities.

Sir JAMES CRICHTON-BROWNE, Vice President and Treasurer, Royal
Institution.

Sir WILLIAM CROOKES, President of the Royal Society.

Sir FOSTER CUNLIFFE, Fellow of All Souls Colle