THE SILESIAN QUESTION AND THE ENTENTE. [To THE EDITOR OF
THE " Sezerszoa."1 Sm,—In your article on Silesia and the Entente the con- cluding sentence carries its own refutation. You say : " Safety for France is to be found in giving Germany no grievance." But every one with an intimate knowledge of Germany knows that, grievance or no grievance, she will only have one aim and object in the future, and that is to smash France and recover Alsace-Lorraine at the earliest possible moment. Two letters have recently appeared in the papers from people who have toured Germany widely. And everywhere they found, under the rose, the determination to reconquer Alsace-Lorraine at the first opportunity. You cannot change a leopard's spots, nor can you change German nature. They are absolutely impenitent both as to the war and their action in the war. And the recent farcical trials show it. France is right, and her only future salvation lies in making Germany as emasculated for evil as possible.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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