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SIR WILFRID LAURIER AND
THE ALLIES' AIM.
Sir Gilbert Parker in December last
received a letter from Sir Wilfrid Laurier,
in which-.he .says:-ri.
"The public sentiment in the United
States ia even stronger for the Allies
than you in Europe are aware, even
more than is attested in the events which
you have summarised in your papers.
You are familiar with the American
papers, but the way that the 'Evening
Post' in particular is handling the sophis
j try of the German professors is mas
terly. How could it be otherwise? It
is simply absurd, if not absolutely insane,
in view of the works of Bcrnhardi and
the speeches of the Kaiser and the tone
of the German professors themselves, for
them now to make us believe that they
were not the aggressors, when even to
' day, in every line which they publish, they
assert that they are the strongest race in
i the world, and that it is for the world's
I benefit that they should rule it. On the
whole, for my part, I am satisfied with
the progress which has been made so far
by the Allies. There have been no great
successes on either side, and the be
ginning was rather discouraging to us,
| but the result seems to me absolutely be
yond doubt. ■ It is averred that the
losses of the Germans "have been at least
twice as large as the losses of the Allies.
Let the war progress in that way for
two years, and the result will not bc
simply victory, but the complete exhaus
tion of Germany, as the South was ex
hausted after the Civil War in the United
States. This, and this alone, is the aim
to which we must all look forward. 1
am surprised at my own sentiments, bui
this is a contest between civilisation and
barbarism. There is no alternative."
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