The Washington herald., 1920-04-04
BY SIR SIDNEY Low.

The future relations Of Great Brit
ain and Germany depend mainly on
the attitude of Germany.
British policy is now directed at
giving the defeated empire a fair
chance to restore its economic po-
sition an dto the gradual resump-
ton of satisfactory relations. I'VE
ought" said Winston Churchill re-
Gently. voicing this policy. "if we
can. to make a real and lasting
peace with the German people and
the German republic"
The British are not a resentfuI
people. and forgiveness comes easy
to them. With their rather indolent
good nature and their complacent
confidence in themselves, they find
it difficult to cherish prolonged an
imosities or antipathies. England
has fought France. Spain. Holland,
Austria and Russia. in turn. and has
contrived to get on quite comfort
ably with all of them after hostili-
ties were concluded. When the fight
is over, they like to shake with the
other fellow and forget that they
had to pummel him.
First Resentment Conc.
There were many who said that
they could never again be friendly
with the brutal German bully, who
should be outrawed from the society
of civilized nations.
May Remit Part OF Indemnity.
1t is expected Germany will make
a genuine effort to discharge a sub
stantial portion of the amount duo
from her as reparation for the in
juries committed, and the damage
done. Judgment has been given
against her for the gross sum: but
a large part of II may be remitted
by the reparation commissioners
il they are satisfied of Germany's
inability to pay more. 1t will not
be the policy of Britain to condemn
the whole population to poverty
and servitude. England is quite
willing that the German people
should become prosperous and COM
Portable again.
We should like to see Germany
solvent; but more particularly we
want to see. her quiet. All this.
however. was in the first flush of
righteous exultation over the de-
foat Of an INSCRIPTIONS foe. In the
months that have elapsed. senti-
ment has undergone a revulsion
Englishmen will not love or even
like Germans while the memory of
their dead. in the great war which
Germany initiated and caused. is
poignant. Some Of them will shrink
from the thought of any dealings
with the authors of SO many evil
deeds.
With the majority a more moder-
ate tone prevails. and this is par
ticularly noticeable in the infiuen-
tial circles of politics.
Can't Quarrel. Forever.
1t Is felt that. much as England
has suffered from the Germans, Eng
lishmen cannot go on Quarreling
with them forever. Heavy punish
ment has been. and is being. exacted
from them. After all. they are a
great nation, with much capacity
for good as wen as for mischief.
and the English are compelled to
live in the same narrow world with
them.
Whether or not satisfactory rela-
tions can he established depends. as
] haveysaid. largely on the Germans
themselves. Great Britain requires
OF them two things: First. that they
shaE fulfill. as far as they can. their
under the Peace Treaty:
secondly. that they shall abstain
from foreign adventures calculated
TO disturb the settlement. As to the
hrst point. there is no disposition
TO exercise ur3ae severity. On the
the TREATY. hos h.an lA~n.