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Show MUST PAY TO LIMIT. Premier Lloyd George declared in the course of a speech tho other day that Germany would be compelled to pay the costs of the war up to the point of her ability to settle the claims. This is no more than exact justice and it is what is naturally expected by Jill the interested inter-ested parties. Tlie war was not the result re-sult of sudden heat or a dispute between nations, but had been carefully planned. ; Everything in connection with the in-'vasiou in-'vasiou of Belgium had been thonghf out and the mighty German military ! machine was ready for' operation the instant the declaration was made. The Germans were Certain they could overrun over-run Europe and after taking what territory ter-ritory they desiVcd force all the nations to pay tribute. ' They failed and they 'should be made to pay to the utmost farthing for their work of destruction Muring the lastfour years. It may itake them scvera times as long to make reparation as it did to plan their campaign cam-paign against Franco and Belgium, but that is their own concern and should not affect the peace conference. The only question to be decided is as to their ability to settle, for it is a foregone fore-gone conclusion tluit the allies will take all they can get without leaving the ITuns in a condition where it would be impossible for them to raise money with which to make future payments. When the accounts are made up and the assessment as-sessment levied would-be conquerors of tho future will do well to look them over before rushing into war. |