To fail
will be fatal. Even a duped people, trained in servility, will not
consent to be governed by an unsuccessful autocracy. Arrogantly Germany
has staked her all on world domination. Hence a victory for the Allies
must mean a democratic Germany.
Nothing short of victory. There can be no arrangement, no agreement,
no parley with or confidence in these modern scions of darkness
--Hohenzollerns, Hindenburgs, Zudendorffs and their tools. Propaganda must
not cease; the eyes of Germans still capable of sight must be opened.
But, as the President says, force must be used to the limit--force for a
social end as opposed to force for an evil end. There are those among us
who advocate a boycott of Germany after peace is declared. These would
seem to take it for granted that we shall fall short of victory, and
hence that selfish retaliative or vindictive practices between nations,
sanctioned by imperialism, will continue to flourish after the war. But
should Germany win she will see to it that there is no boycott against
her. A compromised peace would indeed mean the perpetuation of both
imperialism and militarism.
It is characteristic of those who put their faith in might alone that
they are not only blind to the finer relationships between individuals
and nations, but take no account of the moral forces in human affairs
which in the long run are decisive,--a lack of sensitiveness which
explains Germany's colossal blunders.
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