We have read with deep sympathy and approval, which we
think must be shared by most people, the impressive warning which the French Government have addressed to Germany on the subject of German atrocities. It is most important for Germany to be informed, not only by France but by all the Allies, that individuals in Germany proved guilty of barbarities against prisoners will be held responsible when we are in a position to bring them to book. The French Government have spoken of these persons being held responsible "judicially," and that is exactly the right word to use. There should be no wild vindictiveness, but a resolution to administer stern " justice " to those who are proved criminals. Justice is no respecter of persons, and no individual and no class should be exempted, from the Kaiser downwards.
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