The sincerity of the wish for universal arbitration can be best shown by England, when she, or any of the Powers to whom she appeals, will consent to submit the claim of one of the minor peoples she or they hold in subjection to the Hague Tribunal.

Let France submit Madagascar and Siam, or her latest victim, Morocco, to the franchise of the Court.

Let Russia agree to Poland or Finland seeking the verdict of this bench of appeal.

Let England plead her case before the same high moral tribunal and allow Ireland, Egypt, or India to have the law of her.

Then, and not until then, the world of little States and beaten peoples may begin to believe that the Peace Crusade has some foundations in honour and honesty--but not till then.
Germany has had the straightforwardness and manliness to protest that she is still able to do her own shooting and that what she holds she will keep, by force if need be, and what she wants she will, in her own sure time, take, and by force too, if need be.