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now with regard to allies. In this war, Germany 

 would not a second time commit the blunder of 

 keeping her cruisers in harbour, but would send 

 a host of them out on the high seas to hover 

 about our trade routes. The rulers of that 

 country know our one vulnerable point, and 

 they would sacrifice any number of ships and 

 men in order to strike a fatal blow at us by the 

 interruption of our food supplies. Every week's 

 interruption would make food dearer and 

 scarcer, and if it could be kept up for eight 

 weeks there would scarcely be a loaf of bread 

 in these islands. This is presuming that our 

 home supplies of food remain as they are 

 now. The danger is that this will be the case, 

 as at present there are no signs that the 

 apathy with regard to agriculture will not 

 continue. 



A patched-up peace would mean that all the 

 terrible sacrifices that the Empire has made 

 would have been made in vain. We cannot 

 destroy the German people ; but there can be no 

 lasting peace in Europe until the great assassin at 

 Potsdam and his Junker brood of murderers, who 

 have all openly renounced every tie of humanity, 

 honour, and morality, are wiped out root and 



