They talk about conquered territory--Belgium, Poland, and the rest.

It hasn't entered their heads that they've got to give up their armies and their military system.

When this does get into their heads, if it ever do, I think they may so swell with rage at this "insult" that they may break loose in one last desperate effort, ignoring the United States, defying the universe, running amuck.

Of course it would be foolhardy to predict this, but the fear of it keeps coming into my mind.

The fear is the more persistent because, if the worst comes to them, the military caste and perhaps the dynasty itself will prefer to die in one last terrific onslaught rather than to make a peace on terms which will require the practical extinction of their supreme power.