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SECRETS OF CREWE HOUSE

upon a clear Allied policy. Hitherto Allied policy and Allied war aims have been defined too loosely to be comprehensible to the Germans.

"The real war aim of the Allies is not only to beat the enemy, but to establish a world peace that shall preclude the resumption of war. Successful propaganda in Germany presupposes the clear definition of the kind of world-settlement which the Allies are determined to secure and the place of Germany in it.

"The points to be brought home to the Germans are:—

"1. The determination of the Allies to continue the war until Germany accepts the Allied peace settlement.

"2. The existing alliance as a Fighting League of Free Nations will be deepened and extended, and the military, naval, financial and economic resources of its members will be pooled until—

"(a) Its military purpose is achieved, and

"(b) Peace is established on lasting foundations.

"German minds are particularly susceptible to systematic statements. They are