Mr.Balfour has declared expressly that a claim to change the form of government in Germany is not one of our war aims.

The change must be a change of spirit, which will not come unless facts prove that the violent assertion of the claim to domination, to override justice where self-interest appears to be served thereby, has led to disaster, and is in reality opposed to self-interest in the long run.

As a means of carrying out the ideas of Germany in its relations with other countries, it must be admitted that its Government is a singularly effective machine.

It is those ideas which must be given up if a real change is to be made.

The clever devil could have invented nothing better than the highly organised machinery of the German Government for doing his work.