rst speak the redeeming word that shall bring hope
of peace?

Whether such a word from you--a word, not of victorious peace, but of
righteous peace, a word of human feeling and of political moderation,
of conciliation, aye, and of atonement where due--would now be
listened to by your opponents, in view of their bitterness at your
actions and their mistrust of your intentions, and would actually
bring peace, I do not know.

But of this I am sure: that such a step would be welcomed with
gratitude, gladness and sympathy by all at least of the non-combatant
nations, and that it would be set down as a moral asset for you in the
ledger both of history and of contemporary opinion. Nor can I doubt
that, even regarded merely from the point of view of politics, it
would be wise, well-judged and timely.

Yours sincerely,
(Sgd.) OTTO H. KAHN.

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NOTE.--To this letter a short note merely of acknowledgment
was received, containing the intimation that, in view of the
wide divergence of views between the writer and the
recipient, no useful purpose could be served by continuing
the correspondence.

Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,
BRUNSWICK ST., STAMFORD ST., S.E. 1, AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.

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Transcriber's note:

1. The words manoeuvres, manoeuvred & manoeuvring use an "oe" ligature
in the original.

2. The following misprints have been corrected:
"publc" corrected to "public" (page 13)
"neans" corrected to "means" (page 35)

3. Other than the corrections listed above, printer's inconsistencies
in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been
retained.

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