Greece or vast Persia?"

On Bernhardi's remark: "No excuse for revolutionary agitation in
Germany now exists."

No excuse? When the people have no power at all, and can at any
moment be led to the slaughter by a pack of Junkers--"all for the
good of the State"; in other words, to give the military caste
more wealth and dignity. In a few years Bernhardi will see
whether the people have any cause for revolution or not.

The Germany of philosophy, poetry and song will rescue the German
people from the abyss into which the War Lords have plunged them.

Germany was indeed unfortunate in entering the world as a great
Power so late. But she will not make any progress by perpetually
brandishing a sword before Europe.

I do think that Prussia's policy in the past was largely
determined by her geographical situation.

The Entente with France was the price we paid for Egypt. Germany
never entered our thoughts at all.

On Bernhardi's allusion to India, Paul wrote: "Curiously enough,
the very day I read this I heard in the House of Commons the
wonderful story of the gifts presented to the British Government
for war purposes by the Indian princes. Such a passionate
outburst of loyalty has never been equalled. This gratitude and
devotion we have won not by the rule of force, but by that of
justice and kindness."

In regard to Bernhardi's prediction that our self-governing Dominions
would separate from the British Empire:

Our policy toward them nobly justified. Now in our time of need
the Colonies have flown to our side.

God help civilisation when the Bernhardis set to work on it!

Strange that people so far apart as Bernhardi and we Socialists
should yet be at one on this question of checking selfish
individualism by measures of State Socialism.

A frequent visitor to the Lobby and Press Gallery of the House of
Commons, my son was known to many members of Parliament and political
journalists. Thanks to his free, affable manner, he was on terms of
cordial regard with several of the attendants and police-constables on
duty in and about the House of Commons. His last visit to the Press
Gallery was in May, 1916. He was stirred by the life and movement of
the House and enjoyed a good Parliamentary debate, but he had a
feeling that politicians were apt to mistake illusions for realities
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