The reconstruction of South-Eastern Europe

SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE

awaiting the answer to the question now on every lip: What will Europe be after the war? Surely for Europe only two ways are possible : the way of liberty, peace, and respect among her nations; or the way of brutal militarism allied to narrow nationalism. Such a Europe would be ruled by secret-cabinet policy. The teaching of Machiavelli and the time of Prince Metternich will be revived with new force, intrigue will follow intrigue, and plot will succeed plot. Italy, who, in the past, has suffered so much and for so long a time from such a political system in Europe, must be the first to oppose its revival.

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