Publication of the German wireless mastages to-day does not mean that Nauen is going to have the free run of our columns for its propaganda. These particular reports are given as an interesting indication of German mentality. First to correct two false insinuations. If anybody has failed to keep "the promises of November 8, 1918," it is certainly not the Allies. Secondly, there iS not the slightest danger that the Allies will attempt to destroy material of any kind not specified by the Peace Treaty. Dr. von Simons' suggestion to the contrary is as untrue as it is libellous. His speech taken as a whole shows what has often been feared: that the German people generally do not realize they have been beaten and that Germany's rulers are quite ready to make another war as soon as they can. These facts emphasize the danger of any relaxation of the Treaty, however small. The British Government's decision not to attach German property in Britain in case of Germany's failure to do her share under the Treaty is much to be regretted. Tt creates a wrong idea in Berlin and is most naturally resented in France which, nominally the victor, finds herself demonstrably worse off than Germany, the vanquished. A little more' tenderness for France and less for Germany is what we all want to see.
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