Chapter 6

ELIMINATION OF THE UNFIT 233

A league of neutrals, its outline, 233.

--Need of security from aggression of Imperial Germany, 234.

--Inclusion of the Imperial States in the league, 237.

--Necessity of elimination of Imperial military clique, 239.

--Necessity of intermeddling in internal affairs of Germany even if not acceptable to the German people, 240.

--Probability of pacific nations taking measures to insure peace, 244-298.

--The British gentleman and his control of the English government, 244.

--The shifting of control out of the hands of the gentleman into those of the underbred common man, 251.

--The war situation and its probable effect on popular habits of thought in England, 252.

--The course of such events and their bearing on the chances of a workable pacific league, 255.

--Conditions precedent to a successful pacific league of neutrals, 258.

--Colonial possessions, 259.

--Neutralisation of trade relations, 263.

--Futility of economic boycott, 266.

--The terms of settlement, 269.

--The effect of the war and the chances of the British people being able to meet the exigencies of peace, 273.

--Summary of the terms of settlement, 280.

--Constitutional monarchies and the British gentlemanly government, 281.

--The American national establishment, a government by businessmen, and its economic policy, 292.

--America and the league, 294.