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At the same time, this obvious seriousness makes all con-

cerned most anxious not to do anything in a hurry, and not to break even the thinnest thread, if such a thread is still preventing complete severance. We may therefore feel sure that the Cabinet, which has hastily been summoned and is meeting as we write, will make a supreme effort to induce France not to insist upon her pound of flesh, but, instead, to adopt what we are certain must be the right policy, that of treating Germany in such a way that she will become able to pay something substantial instead of nothing to France.

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