"There's a lot of talk
and mighty little work done."
"We'll be doddering old men by the time they get through," added
Tom.
"Time seems to be no object with them," commented Billy.
"Of course," admitted Frank, "I suppose there's an awful lot to
do. The world's been ripped wide open by these pesky Huns, and
it's some job to sew it up again. Still it does seem that they
ought to hustle things a good deal more than they are doing. I'm
anxious to shake the dust of Germany from my feet forever."
"What's the latest you've heard about the peace terms?" Billy
inquired.
"Oh, Germany's going to get hers, all right," replied Frank
grimly. "She's had her dance, and now she's going to pay the
piper. She's going to lose her colonies, for one thing. She won't
have a single foot of land outside of Germany itself, and a lot of
that's going to be cut away from her, too. Alsace-Lorraine of
course goes back to France. Schleswig, that Bismarck stole, will
be given to Denmark. The Poles will get part of East and West
Prussia, Posen and Silesia. The coal mines in the Sarre Basin go
to France, to make up for the destruction of French coal mines at
Lens.
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