"They are calling it
all kinds of names, 'the graveside of right', 'the Peace of
violence', 'the shackles of slaves' and all that kind of rot. They
swear they will never sign it. But then you have to take that talk
for what it is worth. The Germans are the greatest bluffers and
the quickest quitters in the world. There is what you Americans
call the 'yellow streak' all through the nation. They said they
wouldn't sign the armistice, but they signed it. They said they'd
never let us enter their territory, but we're here. Now they're
saying they'll never sign the Peace Treaty, but they'll probably
do it when it comes to the pinch. Outside they're tigers, but
inside they're sheep."
"Well," said Frank, "I almost wish they wouldn't. I'd rather have
the treaty signed at Berlin than at Versailles."
"Eager for more fighting with the Huns?" asked the colonel, with
an amused smile.
"Not that exactly," returned Frank. "But when I start a job I like
to finish it and finish it right."
"Well," said the colonel, "you may have all the fighting you want
right here in the Coblenz bridgehead. I heard rumors when I was in
Berlin that a movement was on foot to stir up trouble in the zone
of American occupation.
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