Such a course would not be in the moral or economic interests 
      of either of our countries. We here would be unable after the 
      war to purchase the large balance of imports from the United 
      States over and above the volume of our exports, which is agreeable 
      to your tariffs and domestic economy. Not only should we in Great 
      Britain suffer cruel privations but widespread unemployment in 
      the United States and follow the curtailment of American exporting 
      power.
 
      
 
 
18. Moreover I do not believe the Government and people of 
      the United States would find it in accordance with the principles 
      which guide them, to confine the help which they have so generously 
      promised only to such munitions of war and commodities as could 
      be immediately paid for. You may be assured that we shall prove 
      ourselves ready to suffer and sacrifice to the utmost for the 
      Cause, and that we glory in being its champion. The rest we leave 
      with confidence to you and to your people, being sure that ways 
      and means will be found which future generations on both sides 
      of the Atlantic will approve and admire.