It is also said that the Allies would do wrong
to renew the war if Germaffy failed to sign the Peace Treaty. The few people who say so wilfully ignore the plain facts. Germany has had seven months within which to accustom herself to defeat and to show her repentance and her desire to become a peaceful democracy like her neighbours whom she has wronged so cruelly. She is now offered terms which err, if anything, on the side of generosity. If she does not choose to accept them, that is not the fault of the Allies. They will simply resume the task which they left incomplete in November, of compelling Germany to recognize the adverse verdict of the civilized world. If " force to the uttermost," in President Wilson'S phrase, is the only argument that Gernians cad understand, it Must be applied. We hope and believe that it will not be necessary. But it would be sheer madness to throw away all that has been gained in this long and dreadful war by letting the enemy flout us now.
