ENGLAND AND GERMANY.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.••] SIR,—" Every sane person in Germany knows that war between his country and England would be disastrous to both." So says "E. S." in your issue of February 26th. Every sane person in Germany knows that war between his country and France was not specially disastrous to his country. France paid an indemnity of two hundred million pounds. England, if defeated, might be made to pay an indemnity of five times that amount. France surrendered Strasbourg and Metz, and with them the dominance of the European main- land. England, if defeated, might be made to surrender the Channel Islands and Gibraltar, and with them the dominance of European seas. Let us work for peace and better relations between the two countries. But these will be secured by following the German rather than the usual British method. And the German method implies (1) ceaseless and sleepless preparation for war ; (2) avoidance. as far as possible of all reference to such preparation. It must be admitted that Germany shows to greater advantage than we do, where one half of the nation is in a constant state of nervous alarm, while the other half is apparently indifferent as to whether we are prepared or not.—I am, Sir, &c., C. T. Knaus. Bradford.
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