Chapter V
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CHAPTER V
Peace and Neutrality Personal liberty, not creature comforts, the ulterior springs of action of the common man of the democratic nations, 178. —No change of spiritual state to be looked for in the life-time of the oncoming generation, 185. —The Dynastic spirit among the peoples of the Empire will, under the discipline of modern economic conditions, fall into decay, 187. —Contrast of class divisions in Germany and England, 192. —National establishments are dependent for their continuance upon preparation for hostilities, 196. —The time required for the people of the Dynastic States to unlearn their preconceptions will be longer than the interval required for a new onset, 197. —There can be no neutral course between peace by unconditional surrender and submission or peace by the elimination of Imperial Germany and Japan, 202. —Peace by submission not practicable for the modern nations, 203. —Neutralisation of citizenship, 205. —Spontaneous move in that direction not to be looked for, 213. —Its chances of success, 219. —The course of events in America, 221.