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We are afraid that the whole business of demanding the

surrender of the war criminals, including the Kaiser himself, has been allowed to get into a sorry mess. We are anxious that the war criminals should be brought to trial, not at all because we desire a vindictive policy, but because we think it really important that the worst series of crimes in inter- national affairs which have ever been committed should be solemnly and judicially condemned. It is not enough that they should be the sport of rival propagandists, political essayists, and historians. It is important that through an act of judicial condemnation all men and nations, especially those who are inclined to take an irresponsible or sinister view of international relations, should understand that bad faith and crime do not pay.

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