The Peace Terms are no final solution--how could they be?
On their practical execution, on their adaptation year by year to the new world coming into being, all will depend.

German militarism has met its doom.

The triumph of the Allies is more absolute than any of them could have dreamed four years ago.

Nor can the German crime ever be forgotten in this generation, or the German peril ignored.

The whole civilised world must be--will be--the shield of France should any fresh outrage threaten her.