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and a leader. But like a child who has become
too sophisticated for a Punch and Judy show,
no creed could satisfy it, and no leader was
for its taste.
strong enough or stem enough
It was reaction, of course— the reaction
which follows attainment. Only
that which is
unattained is exciting. The World had to be
remade by the Peace Conference, and after the
strenuous days of Armageddon nobody liked
waiting. The guns had ceased, the thrones had
fallen ; action had given place to talk. And
talk is so dull.
Yet on that talk depends the future of the
World. The result of that talk will show
whether the World has been deceived into
shedding its blood and tears and years for
something or nothing. And a side-issue of
that talk, one of the many problems the
Peace Conference has to decide is the future of
Serbia.
At the moment they have an Army of Occupation
in Hungary, holding territory which corre-
sponds more or less with their aspirations. This
occupation was carried out in perfect order.
The Serb in victory has shown himself
magnanimous as he is steadfast in defeat.
as
He
has, indeed, displayed an amenity that has
amazed the Magyars. Such mildness is unknown
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to them. Where the Magyar troops have set