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Pres. Wilson’s latest note to Germany says that if it doesn’t overthrow the Hohenzollerns and if the US “must deal with the military masters and the monarchical autocrats of Germany now, it must demand, not peace negotiations but surrender.” The terms of armistice, he says, will be determined by the Allied military commanders, and will be such as to ensure that Germany’s ability to fight is eliminated – a de facto surrender rather than an armistice. Really, I don’t know why anyone’s still using the word armistice.
The Belgian government in exile says that after it’s freed, Belgium, contrary to what the Germans have been saying, will not revert to the pre-war state of neutrality guaranteed by the Great Powers (including Prussia/Germany, whose violation of that guarantee, that “scrap of paper,” helped blow this thing up into a world war).
British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour says Germany should not get its colonies back, so that the communications of the British Empire remain secure. Also, the colonies could be used for piracy. Balfour says this position is not selfish and imperialistic but involves the interests of the world almost as much as those of the British empire.
res. Wilson’s latest note to Germany says that if it doesn’t overthrow the Hohenzollerns and the US “must deal with the military masters and the monarchical autocrats of Germany now, it must demand, not peace negotiations but surrender.”
ReplyDeleteWorked well then just like Libya and Iraq.
Would have worked well in Syria.