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Whether this account is true or fanciful,there can be no doubt as to the immensechange in public sentiment over the past twoyears. The desire for a quiet life, for reducedcommitments, for comfortable terms with ourneighbours is now paramount. The megalo-mania of war has passed away, and every onewishes to conform himself with the facts. Forthese reasons the Reparation Chapter of theTreaty of Versailles is crumbling. There islittle prospect now of the disastrous conse-quences of its fulfilment.