6 JANUARY 1917, Page 22

PEACE TERMS.

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR.")

Sin,—After reading your article, "Peace Terms," the question becomes insistent--Can the Prussian military caste be destroyed unless utterly discredited before the German nation by some condition such as the unconditional surrender of the Central Powers to the Allies as the condition precedent to any discussion of peace terms? There is a feeling amongst many that something such as this is essential, as in no circumstances can that military caste be sacred to survive to repeat their crimes.—I am,