But territorial rearrangements are not in themselves sufficient. It is
essential that Germany's methods should be brought into dis- repute. It must be shown that it does not pay (we paraphrase Mr. Balfour's better language for the sake of brevity) to break treaties, otherwise the German policy of terror and lawlessness will indeed have succeeded. If it should remain a proved success, what would be the use of new international rules 7 They would follow the way of other scraps of paper. " Belgium was not only a victim—it was an example." Neutrals must never be encouraged to note that such outrages succeed. If that should be the result of the war, it "would advertise the futility of all the methods on which civilization relies." Finally, Mr. Balfour affirms that a durable peace such as Mr. Wilson and all Englishmen desire is contrivable only on three conditions : (1) the removal of the causes of inter- national unrest ; (2) the discrediting of unscrupulous methods ; (3) the creation of some form of international sanction which will give pause to the hardiest aggressor. None of these can be fulfilled unless peace be secured on the general lines of the Allies' Note. For this ideal of peaceful civilization the Allies have borne, and are still prepared to bear, sufferings unparalleled in history,
