In order, however, to avoid any possible misunderstanding, the Government of the United States notifies the Imperial Government that it cannot for a moment entertain, much less discuss, a suggestion that respect by German naval authorities for the rights of citizens of the United States upon the high seas should in any way or in the slightest degree be made contingent upon the conduct of any other Government affecting the rights of neutrals and non-combatants.
"My Three Years in America"
Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff
I doubt whether it even notifies its will through Friars-but that is your affair, not mine.
"The Castle of Otranto"
Horace Walpole
On August 14th, in a letter to the Press, the commander of a Fermanagh battalion of Ulster Volunteers wrote: "No one will be asked to serve outside Ulster until Sir Edward Carson notifies that he is satisfied with the attitude of the Government with regard to the Home Rule Bill and Ulster."
"John Redmond's Last Years"
Stephen Gwynn