. The Varsity war supplement 1917. nited States into the war andthis has been followed by thebreaking of relations with Ger-many by almost all states out-side of Europe. Germany isthus opposed to a hostile worldand the utmost for which shemay hope is to tire out herenemies and thus secure a peacewhich she may employ in pre-paring for another great war. each other and put forth all secure only the kind of peace that we desire, and that wemust have if we are to attain our common aims. This meansthat the German people must put aside their ruler and assumeresponsibilities as a nation which w
. The Varsity war supplement 1917. nited States into the war andthis has been followed by thebreaking of relations with Ger-many by almost all states out-side of Europe. Germany isthus opposed to a hostile worldand the utmost for which shemay hope is to tire out herenemies and thus secure a peacewhich she may employ in pre-paring for another great war. each other and put forth all secure only the kind of peace that we desire, and that wemust have if we are to attain our common aims. This meansthat the German people must put aside their ruler and assumeresponsibilities as a nation which will make them akin to thedemocracies which they affect to despise as inefficientforms of Government. Great as Germanys internaltroubles may be, we have no reason to think that theyare ready to yield to this extent and they certainly willnot yield until, after a crushing defeat, their total ruinstares them in the face. Can there be any doubt as to our duty in a situation ofsuch gravity? As has often been said the last man, the last. Sir Edmund Walker however, the Allies are truetheir power, Germany can gun, the last dollar may be the means of winning the must do more and more every day until peace people may perhaps say: Havent we done enough?Done enough for whom? It is our own war. How can wehave done enough until the war is won? We used to be irritated with our American brothers be-cause they did not realize that we were fighting for the peaceof the whole world—fighting thus for them—and they werenot helping. Now that they have come in shall we let themsay that we are not doing our full share? Our troops have earned undying honour in the war, they have contributed new ideas andmethods and have shown a sur-prising aptitude for war. Ourlong honour list of dead andwounded makes us humble andsaddened by the terrors of war,but surely these are not reasonsfor faltering, rather is our causethrice endeared by the bloodthat has been shed. A recent University repor
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