MODEL PEACE TERMS

Discussing this treaty on June 1, the Nachrichten of Munich declared:

The peace concluded with Rumania should serve as a model for

the general peace terms to be concluded by the Central Powers.

Germany has found a method of making conquered countries share her

enormous war burdens without actually inflicting a crushing war

indemnity. This method consists in enforcing on them a stipulation

for preferential treatment to be accorded to Germany over a long

period, so that Germany may be fully supplied with goods she

needs. In this way Rumania will furnish the Central Powers with

wheat and petroleum on advantageous terms for ninety years. A

similar happy solution must also be adopted in all peace treaties

to be conducted in the future.

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