TERMS OF PEACE.
[To TECH EDITOR OP THE " SPBCTATOR.1 Sm,—The fact that other contributors are making suggestions as to your terms of peace emboldens me to make a further one. This war has been a war of munitions, and Germany's enormous preparation in that respect was one of her chief advantages. Why not make use of the necessity for such preparation to prevent another war 7 Why not not only strip Germany of her Navy, but also destroy her dockyards and munition plants of every description, and further take measures to prevent her ever establishing any more of them ? The thing can surely be done. All that would be necessary would be an agreement among the present Allies to co-operate in preventing any such establishment and the maintenance of a sufficient force for that purpose, with a clear understanding that it would be used at once if occasion arose, without any remonstrance or discussion. There does not seem much requirement of any other naval or military power, for surely the possibility of future quarrels among the Allies themselves is too remote to be considered. Let Germany after the war be as prosperous as she can. The more she prospers the quicker she can pay her indemnities. If need be, im- pound her Customs duties for that purpose. But a Germany without a ship of war or a gun, big or little, or a shell would be merely a toothless
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