THE central problem of coming peace settlement is how to prevent Germany from renewing struggle for world domination as soon as she has recovered her strength. Yet in face of this problem it is impossible not to experience at times a feeling of impotence or even of despair. In Germany itself there is already present, in certain quarters, a determination to prepare for a third world war, for which it will be only too easy to discover plausible excuses. In Great Britain men's minds seem directed mainly to such topics as exaction of reparations and punishment of war criminals, although measures of this kind, however justified in themselves, have little bearing on problem of future peace. It is this fundamental problem which ought, above all others, to be squarely faced; and it should be tackled scientifically, without hatred or rancour, but also without sentimentality or weakness. The situation is too dangerous to admit indulgence in desires for revenge. It is also too dangerous to allow hope that all will be well if only we show kindness to a defeated enemy. There are three serious proposals, not necessarily exclusive of one another, for preventing renewal of struggle. These are (1) disarmament, (2) dismemberment and (3) truncation. The first two have received a good deal of attention in public discussions, but last has relatively been neglected, though there seem now to be signs of its coming into picture. The purpose of this paper is to examine case for truncation. To truncate is to lop off extremities, and policy of truncation in regard to Germany would mean removal of certain outlying areas, areas from which she draws her power of aggression. A Germany so truncated would still be free to organize herself as a united whole. Thus truncation is distinct from dismemberment, that is, from policy of brealking up Germany into independent units and enforcing continued separation of these units. There is, however, no necessary inconsistency between truncation and dismemberment: two policies could conceivably be pursued at same time. Similarly there is no inconsistency between truncation and disarmament, by which is usually meant a policy, not only of disarming Germany after defeat, but of keeping her disarmed for a period of years. The policy of truncation has already been adopted by British Government in regard to eastern frontiers of Germany in so far as Mr. Churchill has affirmed the need for Poland to obtain compensation