THE Treaty of Frankfort has been followed by
momentous and lamentable consequences. It, more
than any other cause, is responsible for fastening
militarism upon Europe, for the burdensome and
precarious armed peace which has weighed with
increasing menace upon the world. Had victorious
Germany showed toward France in 1871 the same
statesmanlike wisdom and moderation that Prussia
showed toward Austria in 1866 the relations of
Germany and France might easily have become as
satisfactory as the relations between Germany and
Austria. The security of Germany as of France
would have been assured in the eyes of all. But by
the violent seizure of the two provinces, of a million
and a half people who protested unanimously against
the deed, Germany was obliged to keep armed in
ordered to safeguard her booty. If one nation of
Europe is armed to the teeth, especially one whose
record has long been warlike, then every other na-
tion that is a neighbor must likewise be prepared,

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