In further Notes to the_Allies the German Foreign Minister declared
that their economic demands would pass "the death sentence" on "many millions" of Germans, and that the restoration of the Polish and Danish provinces and the Belgian districts, and the temporary cession of the Saar Valley, would violate the principle of nationality, as many Germans inhabited those regions. He also denied that "the sole or main guilt for this war" rested with the former German Government, and said that Germans still regarded the war as "one of defence." In this defiant statement there is no sign of repentance for the evil that Germany has wrought. Moreover, the " new " German Government is most careful not to dissociate itself from the policy of the old Governarent. We fear, indeed, that the" new" Germany is largely controlled by the maleficent classes who mused the war, and, that there is no change of heart.
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