But the sentiment is much the same.

If we have to be satisfied without full compensation from Germany, how bitter will be the protests against paying it to the United States.

We, it will be said, have to be content with a claim against the bankrupt estates of Germany, France, Italy, and Russia, whereas the United States has secured a first mortgage upon us.

The case of France is at least as overwhelming.

She can barely secure from Germany the full measure of the destruction of her countryside.