The spectator., 1919-05-13
The Leopard Can't
 Change His Spots
By C. M. MORRISON.

THE MAN who whipped rhs Hun knows the Hun better than any
 one else in the world. That man is Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch. com. mander of all the allied armies in Europe, and who repeats that the leopard cannot change its spots.
 We must stay on the Rhine." says Foch. We must doublslock the door," The man who says this is the allied general who was given the well-nigh supsr-human task of stopping the Nuns when they were beating back tho allies one little year ago.
 Remember" says he, those TO-, o0O. 900 of Germans will always be a menace to us. They arc an envious and warlike people. Their character isttes are not changed. Fifty years hence they will be what they are to- day. Do not trust the appearancss of the moment"
 Those of us who have bsen telling ourselves that "ths war Is over" and that maybe the Germans will settle down pretty soon and % about their business in . peaceful manner" will do well to ponder rather deeply what Marshal Foch says.
 His utterances on the vsry eve # the final action on the peace treaties indicate tho dread, the utter distrust of the Huns that is felt by their nsfghbors.
 The next tims," says General Foch, remember that Germany will mAke no mistake. They will break through into northern France and seize the channel ports e base of operations against England. They failed the last time because they did not believe Eng land would come in and whom they found she was coming in 1t was too late to change their plans"
 You think he added, the Ger mans will have no arms for another attack. Ho! Ho! How do you knowf By the time you had found out that they had them it would be too late" e w .,:a. hi: hi: life s'a in n:...r'a: in:
 the German power for war. who has studied the very soul and brain of Germany for a lifetime, who has given the best that was in him in meeting and beating that Expected at tack when 1t did come, when a man like this utters such warning eve may be sure that there is still a profound dread of German strength in Europe and that we in America have not as. yet done all that we might be called upon to do.
 His utterances sound . warning to those Americans who have been in clined to think lightly of the Fifth Loan, the Victory Liberty Loan. There are a good many of us who seem to think that 1t does not matter much whether or not the Victory Liberty Loan Is subscribed That the country will get along someway even should the loan fall short of being subscribed
 The thoughtful uttsrance of Marshal Foch gives us more than . hint of some of the danger that America and the rest of the world are still facing Il ts not . time whom we can afford to triae with duty. It is probable that the crisis in the affairs of the free nations of the earth is swiftly D. preaching, That they might possibly find it necessary to fight, and to light soon. to preserve thsir liberties against another Hun-contrived menace that may sweep up out of Central and East ePn Europe.
 Certainly 1t is . poor time for an American who has been hard worker in the cause of Americanism, who has bought and fought and served to down the Hun. to quit now when the Anal action is to bs taken toward makias and keeping the peace of the earth. ~HE UNITED STATES govern,
 ment needs the funds that are
 to be raised by the Victory Lib erty Loan. Certainly the request for a popular loan would never have been made had the nnanoiers of the gov. ernment been able to get through the present. crisis without 1t. Nations sSo not fond of issuing gigantic loans. either in peace or in war. without tak, ing due thought concerning their e. tual needs.
 The observations of Marshal Fooh put . point upon much that has besa said and written concerning the actual | ending of the wanAnd the possi bilities of it's blazing out again within . fsv years. It is evident that the man wAe | smashed the Nuns is under few |. | lusions concerning the German chaSao- ter, Studying them for . lifetime and observing their conduct during the war, he has formed the conclusion