Chapter VI
Elimination of the Unfit
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.