seas。\"
Whoismeantby\"overseas\"?IsthereleftanyhonestAmericanbrainsofondandsofeebleastosupposethatwearenotincludedinthathighlysuggestiveandsignificantterm?Ifearthatsomesuchbrainsareleft。
GermansremainGerman。IwastalkingwithanAmericanofficerjustreturnedfromCoblenz。HedescribedthesurpriseoftheGermanswhentheysawourtroopsmarchintooccupythatregionoftheircountry。Theysaidtohim:\"Butthisisextraordinary。Wheredothesesoldiersofyourscomefrom?Youhaveonly150，000troopsinEurope。Alltheothertransportsweresunkbyoursubmarines。\"\"WehavetwomilliontroopsinEurope，\"
repliedtheofficer，\"andlostbyexplosionaveryfewhundred。Notransportwassunk。\"\"Butthatisimpossible，\"returnedtheburgher，\"weknowfromourGovernmentatBerlinthatyouhaveonly150，000troopsinEurope。\"
GermansremainGerman。AtCoblenztheywereservile，cringing，fawning，readytolickthebootsoftheAmericans，loadingthemwithoffersofeveryfoodanddrinkandjoytheyhad。Thustheybegan。Soon，findingthattheAmericansdidnotcuttheirthroats，burntheirhouses，rapetheirdaughters，orbayonettheirbabies，butwerequiet，civil，disciplined，andapparentlyharmless，theychanged。Theirfawningfadedaway，theyscowledandmuttered。OnedaytheBurgomasteratacertainplacerepliedtosomeordinaryrequisitionswithanarrogantrefusal。Itwasquiteoutofthequestion，hesaid，tocomplywithanysuchridiculousdemands。ThentheAmericansceasedtoseemharmless。Certainstepsweretakenbythecommandingofficer，someleadingcitizenswerecollectedandenlightenedthroughtheonlychannelwherebylightpenetratesaGermanskull。Thus，byaveryslighttasteofthemethodsbywhichtheythoughttheywouldcowtherestoftheworld，theseburgherswerecowedinstantly。TheyhadthoughttheAmericansafraidofthem。Theyhadtakencivilityforfear。Suddenlytheyencounteredwhatwecalltheswiftkick。Iteducatedthem。Italwayswill。Nothingelsewill。