There are two conditions, at all events, which are necessary in regard to any such change if permanent peace is to result.
First, that we should not look for a disruption of settled and orderly government in Germany.

The anarchy of Russia does not make for world peace.

Would not a reasonable man, however liberal his views, prefer for his country the rule of the Kaiser and his devotees to the rule of a Lenin and of Bolsheviks?
Second, it must be clear that we do not desire the destruction of Germany--a futile desire, even if not wicked--but its regeneration.

No doubt for a time, whatever happens in Germany, it will be impossible to forget the crimes that have been committed.

British sailors will naturally refuse all association with those who have been guilty of the series of murders at sea.