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 much impressed when they learnt the cause of the war, the conditions in which Belgian neutrality had been violated, and the horrors committed in that country. In the same way the Hungarian Socialists, and especially the Czechs, have clearly separated their cause from that of the German Majority. They demand that not only shall Belgium be reconstructed, but reconstructed by Germany. They demand the independence of the three Polands; they hold that energetic action must be taken against the Imperialism of their Governments. As for the German Minority Socialists, they would be the most energetic supporters of the Allies against David, Scheidemann, and their supporters. In these conditions, if—and this is indispensable—the first point brought up were the examination of the causes and the responsibilities of the war, if you came and demanded justice, it is certain that the German Majority Socialists would find themselves practically isolated and that the immense majority of the Conference would force them into the position of either agreeing or resigning."