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on which the Allies are willing to
make peace and there are three
points involved. Ole, complete res,
tltulion; two, complete reparation;
three, adequate guarantees for the
future. Russia and France had al
ready said this before Lloyd George
made his speeci; and they said it
more emphalically especially Russia.
where the Car, the Duma and the
Council Of Empire spoke in Identical
terms.
All this may b, readily translated
into terms Of action. Complete res.
titution means that Belgium goes back
to the Belgians, that Serbia goes back
to the Serbs, that Montenegro goes
back to the Montenegrians, that Rou-
mania goes back to the Roumans, that
Poland and Lthuania 60 back to the
Russians, that the Balkan boundaries
remain as they were traced by the
Treaty Of Bucharest. To this should
be added further restitution, the
fighting Of an ancient wrong: Alsace
and Louain 60 hack to France.
Complete reparation means that
Belgium is to be reconstructed at
German expense, that Northern France
is similarly to be set in order as it was
in 1914, that devastated Serbia is to
be reconstructed, that oveuidden Mon.
tenegro is to be restored to the Pet
rovitches, that the money wrung from
Belgium by her German conquerors is
to be paid back, and that every atone
ment which is materially possible is to
be made to the suffering peoples
whose right to autonomy and to neu'
tralitY has been beaten down.
Adequate guarantees for the future
means that German disarment is
condition precedent 10 even a discus
sion oi peace, that something more
than "a scrap OF paper" must be had
to safeguard the days that are to come.
Germany cannot accept these terms
now. The Allies cannot take less
now. Aud there can be no peace
now.
Furthermore, the Pact OF London
iorbids a separate peace on the part
of any Of the Allies. Germany has
tried before TO break this pact. she
made yery definite offer Of peace to
France a year ago, limiting at the res
tora;ion Of AlSace Lorraine and the
evacuation OF Belgium except Tor
Antwerp. France rejected these
terms, as she has now rejected the
more nebulous terms OF 1916.
M peace can be made without Rus
sia; aud Russia cannot make peace on
German terms. Russia is the only
great empire in the world which has
no open window on the sea, which she
must have in order 10 develop her
enormous and untouched agricultur
al and other natural resources. Ger
man terms would bar Russia from both
the Baltic and the Mediterranean.
The Entente terms will ultimately
give her the Dardauels. Aad Russia
in manDower and in capacity to com
mand it, holds the whip'hand in the
controversy. There is new Prime
Minister in England, the French Pre-
mier has been granted new and wider
powers, new Minister for Foreign At
fairs serves the Car. All three Of
these men have spoken for their i'm.
perial and tteir popular masters.
Their words range all within the same
octave. There will be 10 peace form
ulated in Berlin as the seat Of victory
in this war.
Consequently, neither the hys
terra Of the stock mlrke, nor the rhe
toric Of the President is thought here,
BY diplomats, by military experts or by
students Of world history, to reflect
anything or to indicate anything which
looks to an ending Of the European
war within eighteen months al the
earliest.
Politics and the University.
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