We should all be reduced to military, economic, financial and intellectual   
slavery.  No more liberty|  No longer any independence of mind.  The life that   
we are leading is already a hellish one.  It will become stabilized.  And you   
will feel the result, even in America.  Everything will be brought into the exclusive  
service of Germany.  One of my friends, who is a swiss and a banker and for  
that reason frequently comes in contact with German businieesmen, told me just   
yesterday that it was striking to see how those famous "european benefits" consisted,  
as soon as they could be gotten to talking, always in assuring here, there, and  
in everything, German domination pure and simple.  Already, in France, they are  
assuring control of all matters, both industrial and intellectual.  That is a  
tidal wave, a scourge such as the world has never seen yet|  And for that very  
reason, what disturbs me is that the American people, despite the far-seeing  
and wonderful warnings of President Roosevelt and his collaborators, does not  
seem to have realized yet the true reach, the extent of the gravity of this   
scourge.  The United States went to war in 1917 to aid the allies to escape the  
      victory and the hegemony of William II.  But the