On the undoubtedly enormously dominant section of opinion these events have only stiffened resolution.

They say that Germany now must be whipped to a finish.

Else she will have doubled her empire and will hold the peoples of her new territory as vassals without regard to their wishes and the war lord caste will be more firmly seated than ever before.

If her armies be literally whipped she'll have to submit to the Allies' terms, which will dislodge her from overlordship over these new unwilling subjects--and she can be dislodged in no other way.

This probably means a long war, now that after a time she can get raw materials for war later and food from Rumania and the Ukraine, etc.